Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) leader François Legault has no intention of making Quebec grow to “10, 20, 30 million” inhabitants.
Speaking at a press conference Monday in La Pêche, in the Gatineau riding, he said there are advantages to staying small.
The night before, during a special broadcast on Radio-Canada, Legault had brushed aside questions about the demographic weight of Quebec in Canada, which could decrease in the coming years.
The CAQ proposesre reducing Quebec’s annual threshold of 50,000 immigrants.
The Parti Québécois would reduce the threshold to 35,000, while the Quebec Liberal Party would maintain it at 70,000 and Quebec solidaire (QS) would increase it to 80,000.
Questioned about the issue again on Monday, Legault said Quebec should stay small.
“Take the Scandinavian countries: small countries, extremely rich, dynamic,” he…
