Immigration to Quebec
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Immigration to Quebec page. The Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration is responsible for immigration to Quebec.
History and issues
The Ministry of Immigration, Diversity, and Inclusion was founded on 1968.
On 5 February 1991, the Canada–Québec Accord relating to Immigration and Temporary Admission of Aliens was concluded, giving Quebec more power in the selection of immigrants by offering federal transfers of funds for integration of these, and guaranteeing Quebec an immigration rate proportional to its demographic weight in Canada.[1]
Quebec's premier Francois Legault is opposed to a plan by Century Initiative lobby group which wants to increase immigration in Canada, saying that "it constitutes a threat to Quebec". The Parti Québécois party is opposed to the plan as well.[2][3][4]
Langauge fears
Premier Legault caused some controversy in 2022, when he stated that Quebec risked losing French as an official language if Quebec didn’t have more control over immigration policy. He compared it to the U.S. state of Louisiana which once spoke French as a majority.[5][6][7]
List of ministers
| Minister | Political party | Start | End | Premier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creation of the Ministry of Immigration (5 November 1968) | ||||||
| Ministre de l'Immigration | ||||||
| Yves Gabias | Union nationale | 3 December 1968 | 28 March 1969 | Bertrand | ||
| Mario Beaulieu | 28 March 1969 | 12 May 1970 | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Pierre Laporte | Liberal | 12 May 1970 | 29 October 1970 | Bourassa (1) | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | François Cloutier[note 1] | 29 October 1970 | 15 February 1972 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Jean Bienvenue | 15 February 1972 | 20 January 1976 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Lise Bacon | 20 January 1976 | 26 November 1976 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Jacques Couture | Parti québécois | 26 November 1976 | 6 November 1980 | Lévesque | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Gérald Godin | 6 November 1980 | 30 April 1981 | |||
| Ministre des Communautés Culturelles et de l'Immigration | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Gérald Godin | Parti québécois | 30 April 1981 | 25 September 1984 | Lévesque | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Louise Harel | 25 September 1984 | 20 December 1984 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Gérald Godin | 20 December 1984 | 16 October 1985 | |||
| 3 October 1985 | 16 October 1985 | P.M. Johnson | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Élie Fallu | 16 October 1985 | 12 December 1985 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Louise Robic | Liberal | 12 December 1985 | 3 March 1989 | Bourassa | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | 3 March 1989 | 11 January 1994 | |||
| Merged into Ministry of Foreign Affairs (11 January 1994) | Johnson Jr. | |||||
| Parizeau | ||||||
| Ministre responsable de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:PQ/meta/color;" width=10px | | | André Boisclair | Parti québécois | 29 January 1996 | 4 December 1996 | Bouchard | |
| Ministre des Relations avec les Citoyens et de l'Immigration | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | André Boisclair | Parti québécois | 4 December 1996 | 15 December 1998 | Bouchard | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Robert Perreault | 15 December 1998 | 6 October 2000 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Sylvain Simard | 6 October 2000 | 8 March 2001 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Joseph Facal | 8 March 2001 | 30 January 2002 | Landry | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Rémy Trudel | 30 January 2002 | 29 April 2003 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Michelle Courchesne | Liberal | 29 April 2003 | 18 February 2005 | Charest | |
| Ministre de l'Immigration et des Communautés Culturelles | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Lise Thériault | Liberal | 18 February 2005 | 18 April 2007 | Charest | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Yolande James | 18 April 2007 | 11 août 2010 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Kathleen Weil | 11 août 2010 | 19 September 2012 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti québécois/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Diane De Courcy | Parti québécois | 19 September 2012 | 23 April 2014 | Marois | |
| Ministre de l'Immigration, de la Diversité et de l'Inclusion | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Kathleen Weil | Liberal | 23 April 2014 | 11 October 2017 | Couillard | |
| style="background-color:Template:Parti libéral du Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | David Heurtel | 11 October 2017 | 18 October 2018 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Coalition Avenir Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Simon Jolin-Barrette | CAQ | 18 October 2018 | 4 September 2019 | Legault | |
| Ministre de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration | ||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Coalition Avenir Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Simon Jolin-Barrette | CAQ | 4 September 2019 | 22 juin 2020 | Legault | |
| style="background-color:Template:Coalition Avenir Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Nadine Girault | 22 juin 2020 | 24 November 2021 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Coalition Avenir Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Jean Boulet | 24 November 2021 | 20 October 2022 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Coalition Avenir Québec/meta/color;" width=10px | "| | Christine Fréchette | 20 October 2022 | Incumbent | |||
immigration powers
During the 2022 Quebec general election, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government of François Legault campaigned on getting more immigration powers from the federal government to Quebec.[8][9] Legault has raised the idea of having a referendum on immigration powers,[10][11][12] a pledge that was repeated after the party has increased its majority.[13][14]
On March 15 2024, Quebec Premier François Legault met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ask him to give Quebec total control over immigration powers, which Trudeau rejected.[15][16][17] In response, the Parti Québécois leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, reiterated his request for a referendum on the issue.[18][19]
On April 9 2024, Quebec Premier François Legault said Quebec might hold a referendum on immigration powers if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not give the province more immigration powers.[20][21][22]
Illegal immigration in Quebec
Quebec family reunification delays
See also
Notes
- ↑ Also the Minister of Cultural Affairs until 2 February 1972.
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named:0 - ↑ Bergeron, Patrice (9 May 2023). "100 millions d'habitants en 2100: L'Initiative du siècle est une menace pour le Québec, dit Legault". La Presse (in français). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ↑ Authier, Philip (9 May 2023). "Quebec alone will determine its immigration levels, Premier Legault says". The Gazette. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "Plan to boost Canada's population through immigration threatens Quebec, premier says". Montreal. 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ↑ Lowrie, Morgan (June 2022). "Quebec Premier Francois Legault accused of stoking immigration fears after speech at CAQ convention". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Quebec is no Louisiana, experts say as premier accused of stoking immigration fears | Globalnews.ca".
- ↑ "Quebec is no Louisiana, experts say, as premier accused of stoking immigration fears". Montreal. June 2022.
- ↑ "Legault hopes for 'strong mandate' in election to pressure Ottawa on immigration".
- ↑ "Legault pledges to demand more control from Ottawa over immigration to Quebec". CBC News. 2022-05-30. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Trudeau maintains position on immigration in face of Legault's demands". 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ↑ "Quebec already has 'the tools in hand' to choose immigrants: Federal minister".
- ↑ "'Keep going': Legault's victory message suggests he'll seek 'more liberty' and 'more leeway' with Ottawa, say observers". 4 October 2022.
- ↑ "CAQ renews call for more immigration powers at post-election caucus meeting - Montreal | Globalnews.ca".
- ↑ "CAQ refuses to take no for an answer after Trudeau shuts door on immigration request". 6 October 2022.
- ↑ Authier, Philip (15 March 2024). "Quebec won't get full powers over immigration, Trudeau says after meeting with Legault". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Izri, Touria (15 March 2024). "Trudeau rejects Quebec's ask for total powers on immigration". Global News. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ MacDonald, Thomas (15 March 2024). "'No': Prime Minister Trudeau rejects Quebec request for full powers over immigration". CTV News. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "PQ leader invokes the idea of a referendum after Trudeau's 'rebuff' on immigration". CTV News. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Bergeron, Patrice (5 March 2024). "PQ leader wants Quebec referendum on immigration". The Gazette. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Riga, Andy (9 April 2024). "Legault threatens immigration referendum if Trudeau doesn't relent". The Gazette.
- ↑ Laframboise, Kalina (9 April 2024). "Quebec premier threatens referendum on immigration powers, calls out Trudeau". Global News.
- ↑ "Quebec premier threatens 'referendum' on immigration if Trudeau fails to deliver". CTV News. 9 April 2024.
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