Legault has not ruled out a referendum to claim immigration powers from the federal government.

CHIBAUGAMAU – Francois Legault is no longer ruling out a sectoral referendum to demand more federal powers in the area of ​​immigration.

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The outgoing prime minister rejected the idea outright last spring, during the Coalition Avneer Quebec (CAQ) congress. From now on, he will no longer close the door to taking the nerve of Quebecers on this issue to secure a better balance of power with Ottawa.

“We must work to unite Quebecers behind this idea of ​​having more power to elect newcomers to Quebec. The future of France depends on it,” he said on Saturday, passing through Chibougama in the Nord-du-Québec region.

François Legault has not yet made his nest in this form of consultation.

“It is important to send a clear message to the federal parties that there are many Quebecers who want to protect French, and among other things, a large percentage of newcomers who speak French. “, he insisted.

The CAQ leader first wants to be re-elected to lead a majority government. After that, he was “not closed to different opportunities”. François Legault says that if the formula is kept as it is, a sectoral referendum will definitely not be held in the next six months. “There was no plan, no planned order, but it wasn’t ruled out.”

Nonsense, says the PSPP

The Parti Québécois leader believes the retired prime minister would never make such a gesture. According to Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, François Legault invented “children” without naming the only solution he had in mind: the independence of Quebec.

“If we follow his logic, we’ll have to take a list of 21 significant rejections from Ottawa and hold a referendum on each of them. A referendum on the missing six billion in health, a referendum on rights in a culture we’re not given, a referendum on the single tax report, a referendum on our borders,” the PQ leader pleaded. .

-In collaboration with Nicolas Lachance