Editorial: CAQ's immigration plan is bad politics, not good policy

Coalition Avenir Québec’s newly revealed proposals on immigration make no sense, but making sense doesn’t seem to be their purpose. The party’s apparent aim is political: to win votes by tapping into the fears of some Quebecers that their language and culture are threatened by newcomers. Many residents of other parts of Quebec seem to have a distorted view of the realities in Montreal. Suspicions run deep that the metropolis remains a sea of English, and that minorities