North Africa Dept: Weil proposed last spring setting a 30-per-cent limit on immigration from any geographic region, a move that she said was interpreted as trying to reduce immigration from Africa, and in particular the Maghreb countries of north Africa - Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, according to Montreal Gazette. "The idea is to seek diversity," she told reporters Tuesday, unveiling her new approach, which is meant to give Quebec an edge in attracting the best of the 200 million people in the world seeking new homes and diversity is the word Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil uses to describe her new approach to attracting, keeping and "turning - into francophones" more newcomers to Quebec. That provoked a negative reaction, and Weil backed down on what was seen as a quota system - something that made her uncomfortable and suggested Quebec was closed.
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