想要在魁省留下来可没以前这么容易了
魁北克政府通过暂停两个通往公民身份的重要项目，收紧了对移民的控制。
The Quebec government is tightening controls on immigration by suspending two major programs that are pathways to citizenship.
魁省移民部长Jean-François Roberge发布在社交媒体X上的相关消息
魁省移民部长Jean-François Roberge在周三晚些时候通过社交媒体宣布了这一暂时禁令，表示该省希望“更好地规范”新移民进入魁北克的方式。
The Quebec Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge announced the moratorium on social media late Wednesday, saying the province wants to “better regulate” the arrival of newcomers to Quebec.
在省长François Legault的领导下，政府暂时冻结了两个主要项目，这些项目为移民提供获得魁北克选择证书的途径，该证书允许移民最终申请加拿大永久居民身份。
The government under Premier François Legault is temporarily freezing two key programs that lead to a Quebec Selection Certificate, which allows immigrants to eventually apply for permanent Canadian residency.
首先是“技工类移民 Regular Skilled Worker Program”，其次是面向应届毕业生的“魁北克毕业生经验类移民 Quebec Experience Program for Graduates”。禁令将于10月31号生效。
The first is the Regular Skilled Workers Program and the second is the Quebec Experience Program, which is for recent graduates. The freeze takes effect on October 31st.
“政府还将认真研究减少永久移民的方案，”Roberge在X平台（即原推特）上写道。“我们的目标明确：我们希望具备必要手段，以更好地规范魁北克的移民。”
“A scenario for reducing permanent immigration will also be seriously studied by the government,” Roberge wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Our objective is clear: we want to equip ourselves with the necessary means to better regulate immigration in Quebec.”
该禁令将持续至2025年6月30日，魁北克正准备制定一项多年移民计划。该省表示，这一措施还将影响到2026年的“接纳数量”。
The freeze for both programs will be in place until June 30, 2025, as the province prepares a multi-year immigration plan. The province says the measure will also have an impact on “the volume of admissions” for 2026.
“我们正在为2025年采取行动，但同时确保我们有足够的空间进行规划，”Roberge周四在国民议会对记者说道。
“We’re taking action for 2025 but we are also making sure we have all the room for the maneuver for planning,” Roberge told reporters at the National Assembly on Thursday.
这是政府限制进入魁北克的新人数量的最新举措。本月初，魁北克引入了新的立法，以赋予其限制国际学生数量的新权力。
It is the latest step by the government to cap the number of newcomers coming to the province. Earlier this month, it introduced legislation to give itself new powers to limit the number of international students.
该法案是降低魁北克非永久居民数量的更大努力的一部分。过去两年里，该省的非永久居民人数从30万增加到了60万。
The bill was part of a larger push to lower the number of non-permanent residents in Quebec, which has increased to 600,000 from 300,000 in the last two years.
Legault政府还限制了蒙特利尔地区低薪职位的临时外籍工人入境，六个月的暂停措施已于九月生效。
The Legault government has also clamped down on admitting temporary foreign workers for low-wage jobs in Montreal. The six-month suspension took effect in September.
近几个月来，魁北克在移民问题上与渥太华发生了争执，要求更多权力决定谁可以在本省定居，并要求渥太华将部分庇护申请者强制转移到其他地区。
Quebec has tussled with Ottawa over immigration in recent months, asking for more power to decide who can settle in the province, and demanding Ottawa forcibly relocate asylum seekers to other parts of the country.
加拿大总理特鲁多和移民部长米勒
上周，加拿大政府也宣布将通过减少新永久居民数量来降低移民目标，明年将减少21%。总理贾斯廷·特鲁多和移民部长Marc Miller表示，疫情后，联邦自由党政府在移民平衡方面没有做到最好。
Last week, the Canadian government also announced it would slash immigration targets by reducing the number of new permanent residents by 21 per cent next year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the Liberal government did not get the balance right after the COVID-19 pandemic.
“我们认为他们可以做得更多，但他们确实在这方面做出了一些调整，”Roberge谈到渥太华的最新目标时说道。
“We think they should go further but they did move on that matter,” Roberge said, referring to Ottawa’s latest targets.
米勒周四反驳道，尽管魁北克有权管理这两条移民渠道，但该省仍未提供渥太华要求的完整移民计划。
Miller clapped back Thursday, saying that while it’s Quebec’s right to manage those two immigration streams, the province still hasn’t provided a full plan for immigration as demanded by Ottawa for months.
加拿大移民部长米勒
“我欢迎他们明年所称的教育性研究，但计划仍然不完整，”米勒说。
“I welcome the pedagogical exercise they say they will do next year, but it’s still incomplete,” Miller said.
“几个月以来我们一直在要求Legault先生提供他想要减少的临时居民数量的计划，但我们还未见到他的具体方案。”
“We’ve been saying for months to Mr. Legault to give us a plan to reduce temporary residents that he’s been clamouring for and we haven’t seen his share of it.”
随着这项禁令的出台，米勒表示联邦有“责任”接纳在魁北克以外地区的讲法语的新移民，那些地区的人口正在下降。
With the moratorium, Miller said there is a “federal responsibility” to accept French-speaking newcomers in other communities outside of Quebec where population is on the decline.
“如果这些人感到被忽视，我会乐于接纳他们。”米勒说道。
“I would be prepared to welcome those folks if they feel like they’ve been left behind,” Miller said.
魁北克制造商和出口商协会（MEQ）周四表示，对最新禁令的影响感到“担忧”。
Quebec Manufacturers and Exporters (MEQ) said it was “concerned” about the impacts of the latest moratorium Thursday.
魁北克省经济与就业部声称，省政府在暂停使用这两个计划时并未与企业协商，并补充说，“这将对魁北克几个地区的经济产生实际影响，因为这些地区的经济结构以制造业为基础。”
The MEQ claims the province didn’t consult with businesses on suspending use of the two programs, adding it “will have real repercussions on the economy of several regions of Quebec, where the economic fabric is based on the manufacturing sector.”
制造业目前有 13,000 个工作岗位，MEQ 担心最新的移民限制将“损害他们的活动和生产力”。
There are currently 13,000 available jobs in the manufacturing sector and the MEQ is worried the latest cap on immigration will “harm their activities and productivity.”
公共事务副总裁朱莉·怀特（Julie White）周四在一份声明中表示：“制造业企业目前陷入了困境：空缺职位难以填补，可用工人数量正在减少。”
“Manufacturing businesses are currently stuck in a perfect storm: vacant positions are struggling to be filled and the pool of available workers is shrinking,” vice president of public affairs Julie White said in a statement Thursday.
