Lucien Bouchard: Lisee and Immigration

lucien bouchard: He said Lisee campaign statements regarding limiting immigration made it clear he advocated for a "closed nationalism" that has some ideological parallels to European right-wing populist parties, according to Guelph Mercury. Lisee, a one-time adviser to former premiers Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard, ran a campaign focused on immigration and identity issues that raised the ire of opponents and younger voters who saw him playing on fears and divisions in society. Couillard made the comments during a trip to Iceland only hours after Lisee, 58, was elected PQ leader on Friday. Lisee argued immigration has not been a great benefit to Quebec and that the province must reduce the number of immigrants it accepts every year in order to better integrate them. That what we see elsewhere in world." When questioned, he would not say which European parties he was referring to specifically. On Saturday, Couillard said the PQ seemed to be moving closer to "a kind of nationalism of the besieged, nationalism of the fearful, of people who don't want to deal with diversity, who prefer Quebec remains folded in on itself. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.