I hope you can all agree that the examples I gave are not circumstances that would make you think that this person has engaged in a form of misconduct that legitimatizes an automatic revocation of permanent resident status.
Bill C-31expands the possibility of revocation in a way that renders it overinclusive. That means that it includes people and penalizes people who, as I understand from the minister's comments, are not intended to be the targets of this provision. Nevertheless, the law includes it.
What's the problem with overinclusive legislation? Well, there are a couple of problems. One is that it puts everybody who might be subject to it in a position of insecurity and fear. Second, it grants the minister discretion that is in no way tailored to the legitimate purposes of the legislation. It therefore opens the risk of arbitrary exercises of power. I think those are two significant concerns that can easily be ameliorated by tailoring the legislation in a way that legitimately responds to what the perceived need or policy objective is.
I propose two of them here. I can lay them out in greater detail, but I'm conscious that you wanted a brief answer.