Do Immigrants Contribute to the Decline 39 by Lama Kabbanji of French in Quebec and Pose a Threat to Our Values? “Facilitating Mobility” to Transform the Public Debate on Migration - The Myth of the Invasion 41 by François Crépeau - Diversity: A Fait Accompli Even Without Immigration - The Quebec Values Test: Which Values? - The Myth of the Decline of French or the Correct Use of Linguistic Indica. [...] On the one hand, the demographic argument is important here: at the global level (for example at the national level), when we examine the impact of the number of immigrants, measured as the proportion of immigrants on the total population, the denominator (the national population) is very high, so adding immigrants to the numerator can only produce weak results. [...] With regard to economic integration, five indicators are used: the employment rate (percentage of the employed population out of the working-age population), the participation rate (percentage of the employed and unemployed population out of the working-age population), the unemployment rate, the percentage of workers with temporary contracts (a precariousness indicator) and the poverty level. [...] In the media, “there has been talk of the failure of francization” following the report of the Auditor General of Quebec and of the “decline of French at work” revealed by the latest Statistics Canada data. [...] However, can we talk about the failure of the francization of immigrants in Quebec? Shouldn’t we rather talk about the failure of the francization programs? The Auditor General’s report provides us with other indications that help us to put the magnitude of the situation into perspective and qualify it.
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