Friday, while he was interviewed by Stéphan Bureau on the show The world upside down at TVA, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois affirmed that Québec solidaire advocated an “opening speech” on immigration while the speech of the Legault government was one of “closure”.
This is the usual talk of QS.
The others are closed, we are open.
A version of the famous “Us, we are pepped, pepped, them others are not pepped”.
A SIGN OF CLOSURE?
Here is what we could read in The newspaper THURSDAY :
“The traffic on Roxham Road is such that more than 3,600 asylum seekers are currently housed and fed in 20 hotels and a temporary accommodation site in Greater Montreal.
“While most are accommodated around Dorval airport and in downtown Montreal, hotels also welcome them in Brossard, Boucherville or Laval. »
It’s a sign of closure, right?
Here is what we could read on the Radio-Canada website on May 12, 2022:
“Quebec will welcome more than 100,000 permanent, irregular and temporary immigrants in 2022, a record number. Of this number, approximately 70,000 permanent immigrants will be received, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2021 due to the catch-up that the Legault government is carrying out to compensate for the drop in the number of immigrants during the pandemic. »
It’s a sign of closure, right?
Here is what we could read in The sun on February 28:
“The number of immigrants settling in the Quebec City region should double within five years,” said the Minister for the Capitale-Nationale region Jonatan Julien. “There’s no reason why we can’t do it. There is no reason why we should not double, in the Quebec region, temporary, economic, immigration of all kinds.” »
It’s a sign of closure, right?
In 2021, the percentage of the immigrant population in Quebec was 14.6%.
More than UK, Netherlands, USA, France, Denmark, Portugal, Italy and Finland!
It’s a sign of closure, right?
A LIE !
Mr. Nadeau-Dubois, instead of multiplying empty phrases, give us specific figures.
From what percentage of immigrants living on its territory can a State be officially declared “open”?
In proportion to its population, Québec is currently one of the most welcoming states in the world.
This, even if we have a major challenge to take up, namely the protection of our language – which, I don’t know if you read the newspapers these days, is threatened, particularly in Montreal, where immigrants are settling in large numbers number.
That’s not enough for QS?
Should Quebec “open up” more?
Since 2016, the number of temporary immigrants holding permits in Quebec has continued to increase. (Source: Quebec Data)
According to the official United Nations indicator, Quebec receives more immigrants (472 per 100,000 inhabitants) than Europe (303) and the United States (293)!
It’s a sign of closure, right?
That a Toronto commentator keeps repeating that Quebec is closed is one thing.
But for a Quebec party leader to repeat such falsehood is unacceptable.