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Force Newcomers: Values Tests and Face Removal

force newcomers: The incoming government led by the centre-right Coalition could clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals over several files -- with Legault's contentious pledges on immigration as potential headliners, according to CTV. Legault won after vowing to lower Quebec's annual immigration levels by 20 per cent and to force newcomers to pass French and values tests within three years of their arrival -- or face removal from the province. Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec won a majority mandate Monday following a provincial election that knocked Philippe Couillard's Liberals from power. Enforcement, however, for such expulsions would fall to Ottawa. LeBlanc told The Canadian Press he wants to sit down with Legault's eventual minister responsible for immigration once the Coalition takes office. The federal Liberals have a more open approach to immigration and, while LeBlanc said Tuesday that he'd like to learn more about Legault's intentions, he noted that governing is different than running an election campaign. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.