(CBC) After a 19-hour marathon session, members of Quebec’s National Assembly have passed legislation that would allow the government to cancel roughly 16,000 immigration applications, some from people who have waited in limbo for years as their files languished in the old processing system.
When first announced, there were initially 18,000 applications expected to be thrown out but roughly 2,000 have since been processed.
Bill 9 sets out the framework for a Quebec values test that would-be immigrants will need to pass in order to become a permanent resident.
It passed shortly after 4 a.m. EST Sunday by a vote of 62 to 42.
