Globe editorial: Quebec’s self-inflicted immigration woes

One could also write a comparable editorial about Canada’s self-inflicted immigration woes (backlogs, ATIP, diminishing productivity, adverse impact on housing, healthcare and infrastructure).

And while Quebec “needs to keep pace with the rest of the country” to maintain its demographic in the federation, that avoids the more fundamental question of whether Canadian high permanent and temporary immigration levels are appropriate:

Talking about immigration in English Canada can be fraught at times, but it’s nothing like discussing the subject in Quebec, where it is fraught all the time.

Source: Quebec’s self-inflicted immigration woes

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