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QUEBEC — A Parti Québécois government would aim to attract one in four immigrants to the regions of Quebec during its first mandate, party leader Jean-François Lisée has confirmed.

Flanked by Catherine Fournier, the party’s immigration and diversity critic, and Sylvain Gaudreault, the party’s critic for regional development and decentralization, Lisée presented the PQ’s immigration policy proposals on Tuesday.

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If it forms a majority after the Oct. 1 general election, the PQ would attempt to reverse the trend that sees 90 per cent of new Quebecers settling in the Montreal region.

The party is promising to give candidates for economic immigration who want to establish themselves in the regions twice as many points as those who want to establish themselves in the Montreal region.

La Presse Canadienne revealed on Monday that a Lisée government would give skilled workers who have a valid job offer in the regions more points under the immigration selection system, to encourage them to make that choice.