From the reasonable accommodation crisis to the immigration debate

From 2006 to 2008, Quebec experienced the reasonable accommodation crisis.

Then he experienced the combined effects of massive immigration and Canadian multiculturalism that radicalized after the 1995 referendum – multiculturalism for which many sovereigntists had rallied, at all costs the words of Jacques Parizeau about “ethnic voices” in 1995 wanted to forgive.

Above all, the religious demands associated with Islam led to a new civilization at the heart of our society.

2006

This forced Quebec to find a concept in its history to resist this dynamic: it was secularism.

Today he finds himself in a crisis of a similar nature, but much more serious: he realizes that mass immigration is not only endangering his identity, but also destabilizing society as a whole.

This applies to housing, the healthcare system, the education system, but also to the support system for the disadvantaged.

Everyone who has buried their head in the sand is now forced to pull it out.

I qualify: not all, but several. Because at the heart of our elites we find an irreducible immigration bias. For these it should never be reduced.

This applies to a part of the economic environment that fails the productivity test and requires cheap labor.

This is the case with the radical left, which religiously clings to the myth of a world without borders.

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This is the case with the PLQ, which relies on immigration to attract new voters.

This is the case in Ottawa, which is betting that immigration will demographically secure Quebec's political future once and for all.

In the face of this crisis, those with the public interest at heart must resist intimidating campaigns aimed at making debate impossible. This requires a lot of courage.