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The majority of the $350 million is allocated to Quebec under the Canada–Quebec Accord, at $196 million per year, [3] even though immigration to Quebec represented only 16.5% of all immigration to Canada in 2005. [4] The $350 million is budgeted to increase by an additional $90 million by 2009. [5]
Implemented in 1966, more than 29,000 agricultural workers enter Canada every year through this program from the Caribbean and Mexico. The program exists as an agreement between sending countries and the Canadian government to provide seasonal agricultural workers during peak Canadian production.
The ministry was founded on 5 November 1968, a decision made by then Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand.The reasons for the creation of the ministry were: to prevent French from losing its dominant position in Quebec society as the birth rate of French Canadians fell, and to attract immigrants from the French-speaking world to Quebec. [2]
The Government of Quebec (French: Gouvernement du Québec, pronounced [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ dy kebɛk]) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. ministers of the Crown ) and the non-political staff within each provincial department or ...
The Ministry of Labour (in French: Ministère du Travail) is responsible for labour relations and regulations in the province of Quebec. As of 2018, the minister responsible is Dominique Vien. The Ministry was founded in 1905 as the Ministry of Public Works and Labour (Ministère des Travaux publics et du Travail).
The Quebec Government Offices (French: Délégations générales du Québec) are the Government of Quebec's official representations outside of Canada. They are overseen by Quebec's Ministry of International Relations. The network of 35 offices in 20 countries consists of 9 general delegations, 5 delegations, 15 government bureaux, 6 trade offices.
Shortly after de Gaulle's 1967 Montreal address, the French Consulate-General in Quebec City, already viewed by many as a de facto embassy, was enlarged and the office of Consul General at Quebec replaced, by de Gaulle's order, with that of Consul General to the Quebec Government. At the same time, the flow of officials to Quebec City increased ...
However, this trend has reversed itself in recent decades. Today, French is the first official language of 23% of Canada's population, [1] with 29.2% of Public Service of Canada employees identifying French as their first official language, [2] including 32% of management-level jobs. [3]