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Reuters
Reuters
Business
Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny

Quebec focuses on French-speaking immigrants as companies plead for workers

FILE PHOTO: Anglophone opponents of Quebec's French-language law Bill 96 protest in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo

Quebec's plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.

Unlike other provinces, Quebec gets to choose its economic immigrants. The government previously lowered the number of new permanent residents it brings in, relying more on temporary workers, and says it has increased the francophone share of economic immigrants.

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