Quebec election: CAQ would cut number of immigrants allowed in first year

SAINT-CLOTILDE — If the Coalition Avenir Québec takes power, it will reduce the number of immigrants admitted to Quebec by 20 per cent in 2019.
The number would drop from 50,000 a year to 40,000, officials in the CAQ campaign confirmed Wednesday shortly after party leader François Legault toured a greenhouse which relies heavily on foreign temporary workers.
Of the 250 workers at Les Serres Lefort, 170 are workers on temporary contracts.
As Legault’s news conference was