Quebec Presently Accepts Nearly 50,000 New Immigrants Each Year

17 Jun 2015

Quebec premier Philppe Couilard  has made announcement that Quebec plans to welcome more number of immigrants into the province through the economic classes. He has made the announcement that at 32^nd annual Quebec Liberal Convention in Montreal, will be held on June 14,2015.

Quebec presently accepts nearly 50,000, new immigrants each year. As the province’s has much lower birth rate and it has increasing rate of retirement, couillard does believes that increasing immigration is very important in order to meet the  requirements of labour needs of Quebec. It is true, Immigration is not a choice, but it is considered as an obligation. We must not only attract but also should try to  retain, here in Quebec, talented individuals  across the world.

This nation is predominantly French Speaking Province, it is also known to be welcoming society Worldwide.

Although the Quebec skilled worker program is presently closed for the applicants not presently living in the Quebec, the govt of Quebec has made announcement that it plans to open the program to 63000 applicants later in 2015 or 2016.

Quebec also has a Quebec Experience class, which helps the students as well a foreign worker in Quebec transition to permanent resident status. So far in 2015, the Quebec govt has revealed a number of proposed amendments as well as update to current immigration policies and operations.

It was announced that the future immigration policies will take inspiration from Canadian Model and Quebec may be looking closely at the Express Entry immigration selection system for guidance. The Quebec Minister of immigration, Diversity and inclusiveness, Kathleen Well, also has stated this year, that the Liberal govt would be treating the immigration reform as priority in 2015, beginning with public consultation covering the issues relating to immigration, diversity and inclusion.

All the immigration related news from Quebec so far, this year has been receiving positive news for the prospective applicants, who are presently studying as well as working in Quebec. With the current govt provincial govt having years left in office, the scope for positive change is a reality and that’s good news for anyone interested in living in Quebec, says the Attorney David Cohen.

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