{"id":4931,"date":"2026-04-01T07:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:17:13","slug":"we-dont-want-to-become-india-says-quebec-immigration-minister-francois-roberge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4931","title":{"rendered":"We Don&#8217;t Want to Become India, Says Quebec Immigration Minister Francois Roberge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quebec Immigration Minister Jean Fran\u00e7ois Roberge is facing backlash after defending tighter immigration control with a controversial statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Quebec does not aim to \u201cbecome India\u201d but instead compared the province to Switzerland, adding that it is better to have a smaller, wealthier population than a larger, poorer one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remarks have sparked criticism from many who view them as offensive and discriminatory, while others say they reflect concerns around population growth and economic sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debate is now raising broader questions about immigration policy, language, identity, and the direction Quebec wants to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Francois-Roberge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Francois-Roberge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4932\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec Immigration Minister Jean Fran\u00e7ois Roberge is facing backlash after defending tighter immigration control with a controversial statement. He said Quebec does not aim to \u201cbecome India\u201d but instead compared the province to Switzerland, adding that it is better to have a smaller, wealthier population than a larger, poorer one. The remarks have sparked criticism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4933,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}