Quebec needs to greatly increase the number of family sponsorship immigrants it lets into the francophone province to help cut down on the long wait times facing foreign nationals hoping to immigrate there, says the immigration critic of the Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire provincial party.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping that every Quebecer, and of course the Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec (CAQ) government, can show some compassion, empathy, and allow their spouses and kids to be reunited with them here in Canada,\u201d Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire\u2019s Guillaume Cliche-Rivard reportedly told Global News.<\/p>\n
The newly-elected member of Quebec\u2019s legislature says the province\u2019s 10,000-application cap on family sponsorships has led to much longer wait times for family reunifications in Quebec than in other provinces.<\/p>\n
Cliche-Rivard wants that current cap on these family sponsorship applications to be lifted so many more immigrants can reunite with their families.<\/p>\n
The ask for more family sponsorships in Quebec comes as the province is undertaking public consultations on immigration to determine what its strategy should be from 2024 through to 2027 to deal with both serious labour shortages and economic growth while preserving the French language.<\/p>\n
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Advantages of Buying or Starting a Business in Ontario Through the OINP Entrepreneur Success Initiative<\/a><\/span> Immigration Minister Christine Fr\u00e9chette has reportedly responded in question period to the request to increase family sponsorship to the province by saying she feels for the families still waiting for their applications processed. The provincial immigration minister has also noted she has asked Ottawa for the province to be granted more powers over immigration.<\/p>\n As the three-week consultation process started Sept. 12, a committee of the National Assembly of\u00a0Quebec, had on the docket 77 briefs and the presentations of roughly 70 experts and organizations to consider.<\/p>\n Business groups in the province are solidly in support of increased immigration to the province.<\/p>\n The latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals\u00a0Quebec\u00a0in fact welcomed 68,720 new permanent residents last year and had already received another 33,550 new permanent residents by the end of July this year,<\/p>\n That level of immigration, if the trend seen in the first seven months of this year were to be continued throughout the rest of 2023, would see 57,514 new permanent residents settling in\u00a0Quebec\u00a0by the end of this year.<\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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