Populist and nativist François Legault’s reelection this week as premier of the province of Quebec at the head his Coalition Avenir Québec illustrates once again the political pulling power of anti-immigrant rhetoric. Legault, a sometime entrepreneur who espouses prejudice against outsiders and favors keeping Quebec forever insular in culture rather than seeking secession from Canada (a failed maneuver of his predecessors over many decades), joins those many other political leaders who use antagonism toward incomers to gain political hegemony. Yet we need immigrants to grow and prosper.
Terrific!!! Wonderfully said.