Quebec immigration minister says he’ll cooperate with alleged ethics breach probe - BERITAJA

Quebec’s migration curate says he will afloat collaborate pinch an investigation by the legislature’s morals commissioner into whether he violated conflict of interest rules.

Jean-François Roberge is being investigated for allegedly sharing information produced by his section pinch the 2 Coalition Avenir Québec activity candidates — Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette.

Drainville had boasted successful a Journal de Montreal article and online that the Immigration Department had confirmed his argumentation would consequence successful 18,000 impermanent overseas workers being grandfathered into a fast-track residency programme that had been closed.

La Presse has reported that the study conducted by Roberge’s agency indicated Fréchette’s scheme would unfastened imperishable residency to betwixt 123,00 and 126,800 immigrants.

The Liberals and Québec solidaire accused Roberge of violating the portion of the ethic’s codification that bars elected officials from disclosing accusation that is not mostly disposable to the nationalist to further the individual interests of themselves aliases others.

In a connection to BERITAJA, Roberge confirmed he was nether investigation and planned to collaborate pinch the agency of the morals watchdog.

He did not opportunity whether he shared the accusation pinch Drainville and Fréchette.

Drainville and Fréchette are squaring disconnected successful a title to switch outgoing Premier François Legault.

Voting is already underway and the victor is expected to beryllium confirmed connected April 12.