Analyse d'impact réglementaire: Règlement modifiant le Règlement sur l'immigration au Québec (modifications aux programmes d'immigration économique...)

MIFI (Quebec) regulatory impact analysis, 8 Sept 2023, 32 pp., of the draft amendment to the Règlement sur l'immigration au Québec: new skilled-worker programme PSTQ, PEQ changes, the three business-immigration programmes (Investor, Entrepreneur, Self-employed) and other changes. Investor Program content taken: 15.5% presence rate (already in), proposed rules (12-month stay, 1 M$ placement + 200,000 $ contribution replacing 1.2 M$, quota system abolished, intermediaries' share of interest revenue 22% to 10%) as one context event (in-force terms already recorded from the 2023 decree), 18 participating intermediaries (3 trust companies, 15 investment dealers; parts sum to total), applications baseline 1,900 and forecast ~165 (165 already in), intermediaries' revenue 2022 10.6 M$ (already in) and forecast 1.8 M$, recurring shortfall 8.8 M$ (repeated in Tableaux 5, 6 and 9; implementation-period cost 0), forecast programme revenue 38 M$ = 18 M$ interest + 20 M$ contributions (adds up), assumption of 100 placements a year at 4% interest (rate kept in notes). Out of scope and not taken: PSTQ/PEQ content and Tableaux 1a/1b (CSQs for skilled workers by occupation 2021-2022), Tableaux 2a/2b (temporary work permit holders), Tableau 7 and Annexe 1 (employer work-permit costs, HR wage rates), Entrepreneur programme (net worth 900,000 $ to 600,000 $/300,000 $, ~40 businesses affected, 2,673 jobs saved by 232 business transfers), Self-employed programme, SME statistics, employment-impact grid (overall impact nil; intermediaries have 1-249 employees). Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).