Immigration and identity shape election in French-speaking Quebec

Montreal – Does immigration threaten the distinctive tradition of French-speaking Quebec? Nonetheless controversial, the declare is being pushed laborious by the Canadian province’s ruling celebration, whose model of id politics seems to be set to ship them a win on the poll field subsequent week.

A French-speaking bastion in principally English-speaking North America, Quebec has lengthy defended tooth and nail the language of Moliere. It’s a battle taken up by the governing celebration since coming to energy 4 years in the past, the conservative Coalition Avenir Quebec — however with an added concentrate on immigration.