tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post4562333532400621112..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: On international migration and QuébecUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-4987389335578195732010-06-21T11:08:10.423+00:002010-06-21T11:08:10.423+00:00Cicerone:
The figures I've come across sugges...Cicerone:<br /><br />The figures I've come across suggest that a bit under one hundred thousand people, roughly 1% of Québec`s population, are of French immigrant background. This is a considerable number, especially considering that until a couple of generations ago the immigration of <a href="http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/f3" rel="nofollow">French</a> (and <a href="httpRandy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-86048136671851422422010-06-20T21:28:37.047+00:002010-06-20T21:28:37.047+00:00I think this analysis underestimates the problem. ...I think this analysis underestimates the problem. Outmigration has been a force in Michigan for years. The difficulty, from an unemployment perspective, is that those most employable are the first to leave. The remaining unemployed tend to be those least employable, under-educated, under-skilled, under-motivated. <br />Am I missing something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-7657888123182418132010-06-15T05:42:20.002+00:002010-06-15T05:42:20.002+00:00It occurred to me that most countries/provinces ge...It occurred to me that most countries/provinces generally place strict limits on immigration. It may be that the Francophone community would want to recruit French speaking immigrants regardless of job skills simply to bolster the size of the French speaking population. That would make Quebec an outlier in terms of immigration policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-56999664199712056822010-06-14T13:22:57.949+00:002010-06-14T13:22:57.949+00:00Are there Figures for the net migration Quebec rec...Are there Figures for the net migration Quebec recieves from France?CBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797391789855766268noreply@blogger.com