Mr. Speaker, insofar as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC, is concerned, the answer is as follows.
With respect to part (a), bilateral engagement with Quebec on immigration matters is governed by the Canada-Quebec Accord relating to Immigration and Temporary Admission of Aliens, or the Canada-Quebec Accord. IRCC exchanged two formal pieces of correspondence with the Government of Quebec to establish the 2023-25 immigration levels at the assistant deputy minister level in July 2022 and September 2022. This exchange of letters is an established process that IRCC follows to conduct annual bilateral consultations on immigration levels with the Government of Quebec, in conjunction with the accord.
With respect to part (b) and the contents of the exchange, IRCC reiterated the importance of continued collaboration between Canada and Quebec in setting immigration levels targets and acknowledged the efforts taken to align the targets in the 2022-24 federal levels plan and Quebec’s 2022 immigration plan. In addition, IRCC shared proposed scenarios for the federal 2023-25 immigration levels plan to solicit feedback from Quebec, and sought information from Quebec on its 2023 immigration plan.