Québec passes law to test immigrants on Québec values and French.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/closure-bill-21-bill-9-national-assembly-1.5177520

by throwmex • 7 years ago

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t1o5• 7 years ago

Canada has open arms but Québec has closed its doors. This is not a deterrent for skilled immigrants as they can immigrate elsewhere in Canada which follows Express Entry system.

Québec is not really a destination for skilled immigrants anyway because its immigration system is bloated and delayed. It takes 4 years to immigrate to Québec while 6 months elsewhere in Canada. Probably the CAQ government is adhering to its voter base by this.

threwawasy1228• 7 years ago

I would love to hear an argument about why this is necessarily a bad or negative thing that they have strict controls over their immigration? Japan acts similarly and is none the worse for it.

The Quebec independence movement is still alive and strong even if it isn't so overt, and I think there is nothing wrong with that. If they want to maintain as much autonomy as they are able to, with their limited set of options, that is great.

rdtsc• 7 years ago

Ah interesting, so it's not a federal (central) system. Is there anything to prevent someone immigrating to Alberta and then moving to Quebec?

cpncrunch• 7 years ago

Title wrong, and no mention of deporting in article.

amiga_500• 7 years ago

I have PR in Quebec, it took 4 years to get. I really hope this does not adversely effect two guys who work for me who are in the PR queue.

I don't think this headline accords with the article. It is speaking about people waiting for PR who will have to reapply, not people who have PR who will somehow be retested and then thrown out.

mrunkel• 7 years ago

Why does Quebec have it’s own immigration policy? I mean, why can’t I just emigrate to Canada in BC and then move to Quebec?

dang• 7 years ago

Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20199084 and please don't do this again on HN.

Québec passes law to test immigrants on Québec values and French.

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