{"id":134917,"date":"2024-02-23T10:38:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/quebec-wants-english-speaking-asylum-claimants-to-go-to-other-provinces\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:38:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:38:54","slug":"quebec-wants-english-speaking-asylum-claimants-to-go-to-other-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/quebec-wants-english-speaking-asylum-claimants-to-go-to-other-provinces\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec Wants English-Speaking Asylum Claimants To Go To Other Provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quebec\u2019s French language commissioner wants to strike a deal with Canada\u2019s federal government to ensure only French-speaking asylum claimants<\/span><\/a> will be directed to settle in the province.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new federal-provincial agreement is needed to support the welcoming and integration of asylum claimants,\u201d wrote French Language Commissioner Beno\u00eet Dubreuil in French.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe agreement should not only include a cost-sharing agreement but also attempt to reduce the costs of linguistic integration. In that way, people who already speak English should be re-directed to one of the eight anglophone provinces which receive very few asylum claimants.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Canada, only New Brunswick is fully bilingual at the provincial level. Quebec is officially francophone and the other provinces operate in English.<\/p>\n

Quebec Immigration<\/a><\/span> Minister Christine Frechette and other provincial ministers in the province are not closing the door on the language commissioner\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s something we need to look at. It\u2019s something we need to review,\u201d Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Roberge, the provincial minister of the French language and Canadian relations, reportedly said.<\/p>\n

The provincial immigration minister says Quebec has asked the federal government to act on a voluntary basis to distribute asylum seekers across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, the means it uses to do so are at its discretion,\u201d Fr\u00e9chette reportedly said. \u201cWhat is urgent is to reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n

The provincial government in Quebec sees immigration, particularly immigration from non-French-speaking countries, as a possible threat to the long-term viability of the Quebecois culture.<\/p>\n

Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault has made it clear his government is deeply committed to ensuring the survival of the French language and has gone so far as to put forth proposals to limit all economic immigration to the province to French-speaking immigrants by 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs premier of Quebec, my first responsibility is to defend our language and our identity,\u201d said\u00a0Legault.<\/p>\n

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