PQ wants to form common front to put pressure on Ottawa about immigration [Video]

The Parti Québécois (PQ) says it wants to form a common front of all provincial party leaders to go to Ottawa as soon as possible to demand full immigration powers and more generous health transfers.

In a letter sent Tuesday to provincial party leaders and the minister responsible for Canadian relations, Jean-François Roberge, PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon argues Quebec is “at an impasse.”

He says he believes the province must “re-establish a minimum balance of power with Ottawa,” which he describes as “vital.”

“Given the situation and the urgency to have all our levers to fully control our immigration planning…we believe it is essential to take strong action to re-establish a minimum balance of power for Quebec,” he wrote.

Last Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected Quebec Premier François Legault’s request to repatriate all immigration powers to the province.

The Legault government says it believes that the influx of …