Quebec Immigration Minister Under Ethics Probe

0:00It's April 8th. Canada News Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. Quebec's Immigration Minister Jean-François Robert is facing an ethics probe over claims he shared confidential department data with two rivals in. His party's leadership race. Robert's allegedly passed the long analysis to Bernard Draenville and Christine Frichette, both coalition-adventir Quebec contenders. Draenville highlighted figures, showing his policy, with grandfather 18,000 temporary foreign workers, into a closed, fast-track residency. Program, while Frichette's plan could open doors to between 123,000 and 126,800 immigrants. Opposition parties like the Liberals in Quebec Solitaire are crying foul, saying this breaks ethics rules against leaking non-public info to boost, personal, or others' interests. Robert's confirmed the investigation in a statement and pledged full cooperation, but he stayed mum on whether he actually shared the data.

1:02Meanwhile, voting's already rolling in the race to replace Premier Frichette's with the winner set to drop on April 12th, keeping everyone. Watching this drama unfold.