I don't necessarily know if it's intentional abuse. I think every minister does what they feel is right according to what they think. The end results, however, are often problematic. For example, this year, we have had a huge issue with backlog in express entry because last year the Minister of Immigration decided to impose an occupation-based system under the ministerial instructions, which they are now able to do because of the wide discretionary powers. Last year in October they filled up all of the inventory for this year. Now we are facing a huge issue in immigration because of a discretionary decision by a minister on which immigration experts in the field were not consulted with respect to whether or not that would be a good idea.
On May 24th, 2022. See this statement in context.