Quebec is shrinking because of its narrow parochialism

According to conservative estimates, around 600,000 left Quebec from 1971 to today, and the ones who left took with them their creativity, their money, and the capacity to create jobs.

Quebec has to throw off its parochial mindset and welcome newcomers, otherwise it will continue to shrink and lose any influence, nationally or internationally, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/simplethrill

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

June 22, 2022

VICTORIA, B.C.—In the summer of 1975, my cousin David, a school principal in Montreal, packed up his family and all his belongings and drove here. His children were young, his wife was a nurse, and it seemed like a good move for all of them. Having done a lot of research, they chose Vancouver Isla...

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