Yves-François Blanchet’s Policies on Immigration Issues

Immigration › Citizenship Test

Should immigrants be required to pass a citizenship test to demonstrate a basic understanding of our country’s language, history, and government?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseYes, but it should only cover very basic and simple topics

Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation

Should immigrants be required to learn English?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses

Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseYes, but after they have finished serving their sentence

Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban

Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseNo, but we should ban immigrants from “high risk” countries

Immigration › Immigration

Should the government enact a stricter immigration policy?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseYes

Immigration › Skilled Immigrants

Should Canada increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?

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Immigration › Temporary Foreign Workers

Should the government increase or decrease the amount of temporary foreign workers allowed into Canada?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseNeither, maintain the current amount

Immigration › Dual Citizenship

Should immigrants to Canada be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseYes, unless they have committed a crime

Immigration › Sanctuary Cities

Should sanctuary cities receive federal funding?

Yves-François Blanchet voterbaseNo, and we should ban the use of sanctuary cities

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