Der Mythos der Kontrolle von Quebec über die Einwanderung
Der Mythos der Kontrolle von Quebec über die Einwanderung
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There is actually a lot of unity in regards to immigration.
People want the Temporary Foreign Worker Program scrapped alongside provincial equivalents. They want the International Mobility Program/PGWP, International Student Program, and other programs massively reformed to not just be about cheap exploitable labour pipelines.
They want the business lobby not to be writing the rules and influencing/corrupting disconnected and apathetic politicians.
Throughout the left and the right you will actually see a lot of agreement in regards to this.
Sadly there is bipartisanship alive and well in keeping exploitative frameworks going because again of the power of the business lobby in politics. Something that has to be addressed for a healthy and truly representative democracy.
This is a very poorly researched paper. The author demonstrates little understanding of the immigration system and Quebec’s unique authorities. For example, they claim Quebec has limited integration capacity. Quebec receives a $1b grant from the feds with no strings attached every single year for immigrant integration. Quebec’s immigration rate is low because the province has decided to keep it low for 35 years. It is the only province with the authority to tell the feds how many visas it wants.
Given there is freedom of movement there can be no provincial control. They can just go from one province to another whenever they want.
Ok this is just bad. As per most recent changes, French is required for all economic immigrants safe for those coming under IMP. Where Québec does not have an effective control it artificially depresses the number of admissions by lowering respective quotas or outright refusing the issuance of CSQs . Be that family members or refugees recognized in Canada. Same is with integration: French-language courses here are pretty robust in installing the sense of a distinct identity, which combined with Québec having its own welfare state makes the Government of Canada virtually indivisible in daily lives of all but those applying for a permit/PR. Sure that would be nice for Québec to also gain control over IMP admissions and protected persons, but both represent a marginal number compared to categories where Québec does have control. Either by setting quotas or be issuing selection certificates.