Quebec City –
The ballot box issue in the next federal election must be reducing the number of temporary immigrants in Quebec, said Premier François Legault, who is even making it a condition for supporting a federal political party in the election.
“Each political party will have commitments to make, and the commitment that the federal parties will make to reducing the number of temporary immigrants in the short term will be very important in determining whether or not I support a political party,” he said at a press scrum in Baie-Comeau on Friday.
During the last federal election in 2021, Legault supported the Conservative Party, led at the time by Erin O’Toole. Asked whether he might do the same and support leader Pierre Poilievre, Legault said it was “far too early to answer that question.”
The premier took the opportunity to reiterate that he does not understand why the Bloc Québécois has …