Ontario is 'really supportive' of Ottawa's immigration target of 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025, while Quebec thought the previous target of 400,000 immigrants was already a problem. Why? One province’s priorities are economic, the other's cultural.
Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton takes to the podium during a news conference in Toronto on April 28, 2021.
He's already called his federal immigration counterpart, Sean Fraser, to express his support for the targets. But what he really wants, he said, is for applications to be approved more quickly and for his province to have a bigger share of the allotment of economic immigrants designated for provincial nominee programs.
Legault’s concern with higher immigration numbers is that Quebec’s French character could be overwhelmed by newcomers speaking English. To this end, he has capped Quebec’s immigration intake at 50,000 annually — a central part of his recent successful election campaign.Legault acknowledged that and said he understands the economic objectives of more immigration.
Economists and some opposition politicians in Quebec argue that Quebec's housing crisis and strains on its health care and school systems could be exacerbated by higher immigration numbers. Ontario faces similar pressures.
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