In Canada and in Quebec, we spend hours debating the right to take immigration action. In a vacuum ? It was a simple release from Statistics Canada that told us the truth about the year 2022. Canada welcomed one million immigrants! He never thought.
There are 437,000 lawful immigrants and 608,000 non-permanent residents. Both monuments are in Canadian history.
In the case of exposed immigrants, the increase is due to the rapidly increasing immigration thresholds proposed by the Trudeau government.
In the case of non-residents, there is a real loss of ownership. This category includes regular asylum seekers, illegal entrants via Roxham Road, and foreign students and workers. Never in history have they exceeded the number of regular immigrants.
We will say that they are “temporary”, but they are serious: the majority of them intend to settle in Canada.
A unique case
The Statistics Canada release highlights the uniqueness of what is happening in Canada.
No other OECD country is experiencing anything similar. In terms of population growth, Canada finds itself on a short list with African countries where the population is increasing due to the birth rate.
This information must be interpreted in the context of the immigration policy announced by the Trudeau government. In his fall, he announced that the immigration threshold would be raised to half a million a year. If he did not recover the temporary workers who were added, it will be a million a year.
This information should also be understood in the context of the new Canadian dream: the Millennium Initiative. This plan says that Canada should have 100 million inhabitants in 2100 (61 million more in 77 years). The impression given by the latest figures is that the Trudeau government has opened its throat to achieve this goal.
The consequences of such an approach. In its January report, the CMHC described housing shortages in almost all Canadian regions. Growth and housing prices. No one can seriously talk about housing unless immigration figures into the equation.
In Quebec, French
There is also a consequence in Quebec. It is clear that Quebec cannot accommodate the hundreds of thousands of French immigrants each year. The anarchist advent is the desertion of Gaul.
The question is particularly sensitive in the CAQ, which wanted to affirm the rights of Quebec in Canada. What can be done in this new Canada?
The fight over safety transfers is ugly, but it can be explained. We win and lose battles.
But defending our identity and our language in Canada to millions of immigrants a year… will be hard work!
