Couillard challenges Legault to explain his immigrant-expulsion plan

QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard has refused to apologize for or distance himself from his finance minister, Carlos Leitão, who this week accused the opposition Coalition Avenir Québec of preaching ethnic nationalism.
Couillard instead turned the issue on its head, calling on the CAQ leader to answer two key questions when it comes to immigration.
How can François Legault justify allowing fewer immigrants given Quebec’s chronic labour shortage and how exa