New Quebec immigration plan will force some temporary foreign workers to pass French exam
The immigration plan, which includes the new requirment that some temporary foreign workers pass a French test, is part of the government’s plan to stop what Legault and his ministers describe as the decline of the French language in Quebec.
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![Quebec Premier Francois Legault, flanked by Quebec Immigration Minister Christine Frechette, left, and Quebec Minister Responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie Jean-Francois Roberge speaks at a news conference on immigration and French language, Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at the legislature in Quebec City. Politicians at a table.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7015390.1698863152!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/quebec-immigration-20231101.jpg)
The immigration plan, which includes the new requirment that some temporary foreign workers pass a French test, is part of the government’s plan to stop what Legault and his ministers describe as the decline of the French language in Quebec.