Couillard says he is concerned by anti-immigration banners
Quebec’s opposition parties are encouraging far-right groups in the province, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday in response to reports of anti-immigration banners being displayed in Quebec City.
The Parti Quebecois and Coalition for Quebec’s Future are feeding “worry” and “prejudice” due to the parties’ position that asylum seekers crossing into the country from the United States are “illegal.”
Thousands of people seeking asylum have entered Quebec territory through illegal crossing points over the past several weeks, fuelling heated political debate in the province.
Various banners carrying the word #REMIGRATION were put up Monday, including one on an overpass on a busy thoroughfare in the provincial capital.