{"id":236130,"date":"2019-10-31T02:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T06:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236130"},"modified":"2019-10-31T02:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T06:45:19","slug":"quebec-could-admit-up-to-44500-new-permanent-residents-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/31\/quebec-could-admit-up-to-44500-new-permanent-residents-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec could admit up to 44,500 new permanent residents in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236139\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/quebec-2131892_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236139\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/quebec-2131892_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"Quebec\" width=\"960\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/quebec-2131892_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/quebec-2131892_960_720-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/quebec-2131892_960_720-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The province\u2019s immigration ministry said its targets for 2020 respond to Quebec\u2019s labour needs \u201cwhile respecting its capacities for welcoming and integrating\u201d the new arrivals. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Quebec could admit up to 44,500 new permanent residents and issue up 24,700 new selection certificates in 2020, the province\u2019s immigration ministry announced Wednesday.\u00a0<span id=\"more-13071\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The majority of new admissions to Quebec in 2020 \u2014 59 per cent \u2014 are expected to come through the province\u2019s economic immigration programs, including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/quebec-skilled-worker-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quebec Skilled Worker Program<\/a>\u00a0(QSWP).<\/p>\n<p>The province\u2019s immigration ministry said its targets for 2020 respond to Quebec\u2019s labour needs \u201cwhile respecting its capacities for welcoming and integrating\u201d the new arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>The levels, which provide for an increase of 2,700 over its maximum of 41,800 newcomers this year, reflect the governing Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec (CAQ)\u2019s promise to progressively increase immigration levels to the province after reducing them by around 20 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The CAQ said the reduction was necessary to ensure new arrivals are properly integrated into Quebec\u2019s majority French-speaking society and its labour market.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec\u2019s Immigration Minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, said Wednesday that the province\u2019s immigration level could return to above 50,000 \u2014 the level it was at when the CAQ won office in 2018 \u2014 by 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec could admit up to 44,500 new permanent residents and issue up 24,700 new selection certificates in 2020, the province\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":236139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,54365],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","category-instagram","mauthors-cic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236140,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236130\/revisions\/236140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}