strong mandatefrom the population during the October 3 election to establish a real
balance ofpower with Ottawa when the time comes to negotiate the eventual patriation of all powers over immigration to Quebec, except those related to refugees.
the very existenceof the Quebec people, he argued, recalling that the federal government has decision-making power for approximately half of newcomers, including those arriving through the family reunification process. It is estimated that half of them do not speak French, a threat to Quebec, according to him.
I am confident that we will get them, these powers in immigration, he said at a press conference. He remained evasive about what to do next in the event of a new categorical refusal from the federal government. However, he rejected the idea of a referendum on this subject. Quebec welcomes about 50,000 immigrants a year.
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It is important that Quebecers understand that it is a question of survival
for French Quebec, said Mr. Legault, who risks deploying his talents as a pedagogue in the coming months to convince the population to adhere to his views. On the question.
Indeed, if nothing changes, it may become a matter of time before we become a Louisiana
, he insisted.
Regarding the general elections on October 3, the leader of the CAQideologies
, both left and right, alluding, without naming them, to Quebec solitaire (QS) and the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ).
In his speech, the Prime Minister gave a very flattering assessment of his government’s achievements and concluded that after four years of the CAQ government, Quebec is more prosperous and prouder than ever.
We have changed Quebec
, according to him.
Economically, he said voters should rely on experienced people to deal with the unstable
climate looming on the horizon in the next term. He committed to helping people fight inflation and promised to make a concrete announcement to that effect, in hard cash, during the next election campaign.
However, he said nothing about the most serious and pressing economic problem of the day: the labor shortage.
He also did not list the many problems of access to health care with the constantly growing waiting lists, both in the emergency room and to obtain surgery or to register on the list of family doctor patients.
But he said he had the trump card
in his game to solve the various problems of the network in a second term in the person of Christian Dubé, his Minister of Health, who recently announced his intention to be a new candidate. Mr. Dubé then received a standing ovation from the CAQ activists.
Meanwhile, four months before the election deadline, the process of recruiting candidates for the CAQ
in the next elections is going smoothly. There are already nearly a hundred constituencies that know the name of their CAQ candidate, of which currently half are women. There are still 29 candidates out of 125 to be nominated.
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