Quebec Immigration Changes Scraps Thousands of Immigrant Applications While Canada has earned a reputation for welcoming newcomers with open arms, the Province of Quebec is pushing back with its own new rules on immigration, leaving the fates of tens of thousands of immigrants hanging in the balance. The Quebec National Assembly recently passed Bill 9, which …
Quebec to Accept 10,000 Fewer Immigrants and Refugees in 2019 than Initially Forecast Shortly after winning Quebec’s 2018 provincial election, Premier François Legault announced that the province would be reducing its immigration targets by 24 percent in 2019. The announcement drew criticism from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of the federal government, who expressed …
