PQ urges francophones to stay in Montreal

Jean-François Lisée suggests lower property taxes

The Parti Québécois said it is working on a plan to keep francophone families from moving out of Montreal in order to preserve the language.

PQ candidate Jean-François Lisée said the French language is in jeopardy in Montreal and that more French speakers may leave the city.

"We can try to come up with ways to make the decision to leave Montreal much more difficult," said Lisée.

Though the PQ doesn't have a concrete plan to stop the exodus of francophones toward the suburbs, the party plans to look at ways of making it easier to own property in Montreal.

He said "the francophones are in peril of losing critical mass in Montreal. We need to do something about that."

Lisée said the PQ also wants immigrants to integrate into the French community as opposed to the English.

In addition to expanding language law Bill 101, he added that the party would modify the immigration application by adding a question about the individual's language spoken at home.

As it stands, people are given more points if they have knowledge of French. The PQ wants to give even more points if these people speak French at home.

"We'll give a premium to those who already live in French," said Lisée.

He said this plan isn't meant to scare the anglophone community and that he would be the first to prevent an exodus of English-speaking Montrealers.

Immigrants: their mother tongue shouldn't matter; it’s what we do with them that does

This morning, the Journal de Montréal’s Lise Ravary wrote a column denouncing comments made by PQ candidate, Jean-Francois Lisée.


Regarding immigration to Quebec, he said: « Un Chinois de Shanghai qui connait le français ne devrait pas être égal à un type de Bordeaux en France aux yeux des autorités de l’immigration. » (A Chinese immigrant from Shanghai who understands French should not be seen as equal to someone from Bordeaux, France, in the eyes of immigration authorities.)

The reasoning, according to Lisée, is that someone whose mother tongue is French would, not only be able to better integrate, but would also live in French. The implication, of course being, that those whose first language isn’t French, only “pretend” to live in French. Egad! I’ve finally been outed!

There is much to criticize about this argument. But first, let me do something that I don’t do often; let me defend Lisée. On some basic and fundamental level, I understand what he’s trying to say. If Quebec’s ultimate goal is the preservation of its French language and culture, it would make sense that someone who already speaks that language 24/7 would theoretically be a better candidate than someone who simply professes some rudimentary knowledge of French so they can pass the immigration test and gain access to a Canadian passport. I understand the impulse to believe this to be true, because it makes life simpler and neater. If we do A, we get B. No surprises, no defections to Ontario after a year, no government money spent wooing immigrants, only to have them be a drain on our economy.

After all, the Canada-Quebec accord, (signed in 1991, granting Quebec sole responsibility to select all independent immigrants and refugees abroad who want to live in the province), was proposed and fought, for exactly such reasons of self-determination. The province wanted more control over its immigration policy so it would be able to select those deemed better suited for life and subsequent success here. Comprehension of the French language, understandably, would be one of the many selection criteria.

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