Quebec has regions where the reforms were felt very deeply, including all of eastern Quebec, not to mention the Maritimes. I am not as familiar with the situation in the Maritimes, but I do know that, because of the reforms, many seasonal workers were forced to accept lower paying jobs as far away as 100 km from home.
The impact on the adjudication process has also been quite significant, the process having been somewhat gutted. Those who are unhappy with their decisions and want to appeal them now have to endure a much longer process, to say nothing of the fact that they have no income in the interim. With the process of challenging a decision taking so much longer, the people we represent are being hit quite hard.