Quebec’s new government to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the province

Quebec is planning to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the province, reports French newspaper Le Monde.

The new policy is set by the Canadian province’s newly elected government. Quebec’s Prime Minister Francois Legault announced on Wednesday, November the 28th, that his cabinet will work on lessening the number of immigrants wishing to settle down in Quebec by 20%.

For the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, center-right Quebec nationalist and autonomist provincial political party in Quebec, the plan aims at helping immigrants find jobs and making them integrate.

Indeed, Legault has campaigned during the elections to implement his decision, which was dubbed «racist and xenophobic» by many Canadians.

In addition to that, the ruling party in Quebec said in October that it wants to ban public employers in the province from wearing religious clothing.

The decision has been made after Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) won the 42nd Quebec general election, held on October the 1st in Canada. The new regulation, if approved, will cover «religious symbols» such as the Hijab, and the Jewish kippah skull cap.

The restrictions, announced by CAQ’s leader François Legault, will affect «judges, prosecutors, police officers, prison guards and school teachers in the French-speaking province».