Adding immigrants who do not speak French would be 'suicidal': Quebec premier

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TORONTO – Quebec Premier Francois Legault, who is favoured to win next week's provincial election, said on Wednesday it would be 'suicidal' for the mainly French-speaking province to add immigrants without ensuring they speak French. 'We need to stop the decline of the French language,' Legault, the leader of centre-right Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) party, told reporters at the Chamber...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault makes a closing speech at the CAQ national convention in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, on May 29, 2022.Quebec Premier Francois Legault, who is favoured to win next week's provincial election, said on Wednesday it would be "suicidal" for the mainly French-speaking province to add immigrants without ensuring they speak French.

Multiple times during the news conference, Legault called increasing immigration "suicidal" for Quebec. The party is projected to win 98 seats in a 125-member house, ahead of the Liberals, Conservatives, Parti Quebecois and left-leaning Quebec Solidaire, according to election projection site qc125.com.

 

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