People don't have to pay to hire an attorney if they want to come to Canada. That really isn't what the issue here is at all. The issue is one of giving more discretion to immigration officers to carry out the instructions of the minister.
You talk about 925,000 people waiting in line. Then I suggest that the government use the mechanisms in the current legislation to bring people here quicker, and if they want, to curtail the influx of new applications. It's there; it ought to be used.