Attracting workers from other provinces —as Alberta, Ontario or British Columbia routinely do — is less than an optimal solution. There is not in the rest of Canada a big supply of skilled workers readily able to function in French. ( Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS )Why then are the province’s two main opposition parties campaigning on a promise to cut down on immigration? But the citizenship process itself remains a federal responsibility and the national norms set by Ottawa apply in all provinces. It includes an escalator clause that ensures the funds Ottawa transfers to Quebec for immigration purposes do not decrease from year to year.

Source: thestar September 10, 2018 18:56 UTC