As a politician, I was told never to answer a hypothetical question, and I will continue to do so.
I think these issues should just be chucked aside and we should concentrate on the question of whether we can pass legislation in this Parliament to say “We're sorry, guys who are in the lineup, we made a mistake. The previous government made a mistake. Here is your cheque back with interest. Apply again. Get yourself a job in Ottawa at the right pay, and we will consider your application.” That is what I think we should be doing. This fussing around over whether that backlog should be shortened, be allowed to increase, and how to go about it is all beside the point. If we want immigration policy that benefits you, me, the poor in our community, our society as a whole, this is what we ought to be doing. We should not be asking immigrants to come in just so that a corner-store grocer of Chinese origin can have more profits. Why should we as general taxpayers subsidize those kinds of activities?