Quebec’s immigration minister says the government will drop its permanent immigration targets to as low as 25,000 people per year, and keep them low until Ottawa agrees to slash the number of temporary residents in the province by half.
Jean-François Roberge said Thursday the government will study three scenarios: 25,000, 35,000 and 45,000 permanent immigrants per year.
Currently, Quebec is projected to accept about 64,000 permanent immigrants in 2025, after taking about 60,000 in 2024.
Roberge confirmed that all three potential scenarios represent a reduction in Quebec’s immigration target. He said the move was needed because of the high number of temporary residents in the province, which he described as “truly, completely, beyond what is usually expected in classic migration scenarios.”…