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Comment · 7 years ago
Canada has open arms but Québec has closed its doors. This is not a deterrent for skilled immigrants as they can immigrate elsewhere in Canada which follows Express Entry system.
Québec is not really a destination for skilled immigrants anyway because its immigration system is bloated and delayed. It takes 4 years to immigrate to Québec while 6 months elsewhere in Canada. Probably the CAQ government is adhering to its voter base by this.
Comment · 7 years ago
It doesn't. No intelligence or English/French language tests needed for QIIP.
Canada (except Québec) has a merit based immigration system called Express Entry for skilled individuals.
Québec's called Québec skilled worker programme. Despite its name, Quebec's system is not based on merit but first come first serve, paper based, slow (4+ years) and unpredictable.
Comment · 7 years ago
Sources and exact numbers from the immigration dept of Quebec as per Access to Information. ( In French )
http://www.midi.gouv.qc.ca/publications/fr/ministere/acces-i...
http://www.midi.gouv.qc.ca/publications/fr/ministere/acces-i...
Comment · 7 years ago
According to the Canadian charter of mobility rights, once you are granted a permanent residency, you can live in any province of your choice. So this intend to settle in Québec doesn't hold. That's why many of them have never even set foot in Québec though they had to sign an agreement to settle in Québec.
Comment · 7 years ago
Not surprising at all. Canada had "money for citizenship scheme" and these are the side effects. Québec has and is still playing a major role in this scheme with their provincial scheme called QIIP. Once the rich "investor" gets a permanent residence through QIIP, they move to BC for the better climate. Some QIIP PR holders has never even set foot in Québec according to the immigration dept of Québec . Condos in downtown Montreal are paid for in cash by foreign students who drive expensive cars.
CBC News reported this sometime back :
Comment · 7 years ago
Because Québec has full autonomy in cherry picking its immigrants, the QIIP money for citizenship scheme is alive and kicking. The federal govt. cannot do anything to stop this according to the Canada Québec Accord.
https://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settl...
Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks to Québec's "money for citizenship scheme" called QIIP which has a part in this BC housing bubble.