This Monday's Quebec Provincial Election May Elect A Party Who Promises To Expel Immigrants Who Fail A 'Values Test'

The Coalition Avenir Quebec party led by businessman François Legault, seen here, is tied with premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberals. (Christinne Muschi / Bloomberg)

Toronto Star/Washington Post: Political party vying in Quebec election promises to kick out immigrants who fail 'values test'

Days before a provincial election in Quebec, a center-right party promising to slash immigration and to kick out all immigrants who fail tests of "values" and the French language is in a dead heat with the incumbent Liberals who have governed the province for most of the past 15 years.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec, a party led by businessman Francois Legault, is tied with premier Philippe Couillard's Liberals, with each party supported by 30 percent of decided voters, according to a poll by Ipsos for La Presse and Global News. That makes it likely the Oct. 1 election will produce a minority government.

This year's contest will be the first in nearly six decades where the "national question" - whether French-speaking Quebec should separate from the rest of Canada - is not a campaign issue. But those bitter independence battles have morphed into acrimonious fights over immigration and perceived threats to Quebec's francophone identity.

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WNU Editor: I live in Quebec and I will be voting in this provincial election on Monday. The media outside of Quebec are focusing on the issue of immigration, and while this is an important issue .... this election will be decided in the rural areas where the economy is the main issue .... Quebec election: Debt, taxes and the labour shortage (Montreal Gazette). As for the issue of expelling immigrants .... provincial governments do not have the power to decide who is a citizen of their province or not ... this is a bogus issue.