US EditionMontreal mayor, opposition leader push back against CAQ over end of PEQ program
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The abolition of the Program de l'expérience québécoise (PEQ) involves the "credibility of Quebec and Montreal," says Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada. Her party and that of the official opposition are calling with the same voice for the Legault government to create a grandfather clause for those already established.
Pushback growing to end of PEQ
Montreal wants an exception made for people suddenly orphaned by Quebec’s cancellation of the PEQ (Programme de l’expérience québécoise), both Ensemble and Projet unified on this point. A coalition is proposing to take the government to court. Toula Drimonis spells out how these CAQ decisions affect the Montreal area in particular.
The Montreal elected representatives unanimously called for a "grandfather" clause as well as transitional measures for migrant workers who may have to leave Quebec because of the end of the Quebec Experience Program (QEP). The QEP was replaced by a new scoring system for foreign workers. This system penalizes those living in Montreal or Laval, and Prime Minister François Legault explicitly stated that he wants to reduce immigration to these two…
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