40,000 protected persons forgotten in Quebec
Jean Numa Goudou ·
By the end of 2025, the federal government said they would add 115,000 more spaces for protected persons. But Québec is refusing to participate in the program.
Good morning, ma'am, gentlemen. It is Thursday, October 1st, 2026, and you are listening to our news with In Texto and Radio Nou. My name is Jean-Numa Goudou and today, we are going to discuss an extremely important subject for immigrant communities, particularly the Haitian community.
It concerns protected persons, forgotten in Canada. A collective has been created as part of a mobilization aimed at raising awareness, notably in the province of Québec, where these people are facing difficulties with extraordinarily long delays. Despite the fact that these people have had their hearings, have been accepted, and that delays still persist, they find themselves in a void, caught between two chairs, waiting to obtain their permanent residency.
Today, we welcome Janet Dench from the collective of forgotten protected persons.
As part of this broadcast, we will be hearing several testimonies, including that of a student at the Université de Montréal who is in such a situation, a patient care attendant working here in Québec, as well as the Executive Director of BCHM who is joining forces with the collective, Ruth Pierre-Paul, who launched this mobilization last Saturday, specifically to raise awareness among Québec and BCHM, as well as