Jul 24

Notes du Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants (CTI) à l’égard de La planification de l’immigration au Québec pour la période 2020-2022

Volume de l’immigration

  • Compte tenu de l’évolution démographique, notamment provenant du vieillissement de la population et de la retraite des baby-boomers prévue dans les années 2020, il y a une nécessité économique de l’augmentation du volume de l’immigration.
  • Plus profondément, en tant que constituante du monde globalisée, le Québec a la responsabilité morale d’assumer dans sa capacité maximale la population quittant leur pays en dépit des difficultés manifestes en vue de fuir des misères économiques, politiques et sociales et de bâtir une meilleure vie pour eux-mêmes et leurs enfants.
  • En effet, comme le tableau 1 le montre, la proportion de la population immigrante du Québec par rapport à celle du Canada s’établit au-dessous de son poids démographique au sein du Canada.

Notes du Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants (CTI) à l’égard de La planification de l’immigration au Québec pour la période 2020-2022

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