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The Canada–Quebec Accord relating to Immigration and Temporary Admission of Aliens (French: Accord Canada-Québec relatif à l’immigration et à l’admission temporaire des aubains) is a legal agreement concerning immigration issues between the federal Government of Canada and the provincial Government of Quebec.
The department was previously overseen by the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities as a member of the Executive Council of Quebec. On 20 February 1978, Canada and Quebec signed an immigration agreement giving Quebec decision-making power to choose its independent immigrants, who would then have to be approved by Ottawa. [2]
Quebec's closest international partner is the United States, with which it shares a long and positive history. Products of American culture like songs, movies, fashion and food strongly affect Québécois culture. Quebec has a historied relationship with France, as Quebec was a part of the French Empire and both regions share a language.
The Quebec diaspora consists of Quebec immigrants and their descendants dispersed over the North American continent and historically concentrated in the New England region of the United States, Ontario, and the Canadian Prairies. The mass emigration out of Quebec occurred in the period between 1840 and the Great Depression of the 1930s. [1]
The Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles du Québec is responsible for the selection and integration of immigrants, [51] and immigration policy favours respect for Québécois values as well as respect for Quebec's cultural, historical and social characteristics.
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