immigration

The Coalition Avenir Québec's resounding election victory could clear the way for the party to make good on its vow to cut immigration, a position that worries Quebec businesses and experts who cite labour shortages. They nonetheless see the party's fiscal conservatism as a plus.

A fresh look at Canada's ability to defend against possible online threats to the next national election will among a new federal cybersecurity centre's first tasks.

Parti Québécois supporters watched quietly from Montreal as Coalition Avenir Québec supporters celebrated a majority win in Quebec City, and their own party leader, Jean-François Lisée, lost his riding to a candidate from Québec solidaire.

Quebec voters made history on Monday evening, electing the right-leaning Coalition Avenir Québec to form its first ever government. The CAQ defeated the ruling Liberals in the province's Oct. 1 general election.

With a robust economy and a main opponent seen as vulnerable, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard calculated that a longer election campaign would be the secret to securing a second mandate.

At a downtown Montreal hotel last week, Quebec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Masse looked out at members of the city's business community and calmly declared she wanted a revolution.

Statistics published Tuesday by the federal government shows the Mounties apprehended 1,747 irregular migrants between official border crossings in August, a jump of 113 from July.

Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault said on Sunday, September 16, 2018, he was on "solid ground" with his immigration proposals, despite having incorrectly answered a question on the subject.

A federal benefit program for children “unfairly and arbitrarily” excludes some families without permanent resident status, including those paying taxes, says a research report released Friday.

Promises to seniors and local farmers were overshadowed on Day 14 of the provincial election campaign after a Parti Quebecois candidate was formally charged with impaired driving and refusing to obey a police officer.

May Chiu, a family and human rights lawyer, ran in a previous provincial election for Quebec solidaire, which bills itself as the most environmentalist, left-leaning and socially conscious of the four major political parties.

Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasing enrolment.

Given that she belonged to a social media group that openly discussed plans to attend last week's event, it is unlikely the prime minister's security detail or PMO officials were taken by surprise, he added.

Canadians are generally supportive of current immigration levels, a survey of public perceptions commissioned by the federal government suggests — but they are also worried and confused when it comes to the issue of asylum seekers.

While the Trump administration fortifies the southern border, there's growing concern over the number of foreigners entering the country illegally across the porous northern border with Canada.