Stand Up for Dignity group asks that Jean Boulet no longer be a candidate

Group wants Immigration Minister out The Stand Up for Dignity group would like the CAQ to drop Immigration Minister Jean Boulet from the election race.

The not-for-profit Debout pour la Dignite (Stand Up for Dignity) is asking that Minister of Immigration Jean Boulet no longer be a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec following his statements about immigrants.

In a press briefing Friday in front of the premier's offices in Montreal, the group asked CAQ leader François Legault to be consistent, since he said that the outgoing minister had disqualified himself as Minister of Immigration, by his statements.

He must therefore cease to be a candidate for the CAQ, argued Wilner Cayo, president of the organization.

Boulet said that "80 per cent of immigrants go to Montreal, do not work, do not speak French or do not adhere to the values of Quebec society." Cayo argued that "Quebec is much more open than that."

"Immigrants, whether recent or long-time, participate in the Quebec economy, in Quebec life, create jobs here and integrate well," he argued.

The organization said it was "disappointed by these inflammatory, misleading and divisive remarks" by Boulet.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Sept. 30, 2022.