The fact that the government has decided to proceed in this manner to try and resolve the backlog issue really intrigues me. Based on the way things are going to work, the backlog will continue to exist. There will be more and more applicants. Knowing that these discretionary powers are provided for somewhere, applications will simply be transferred from one place to another.
If I had applied for immigrant status, I can assure you that the day I found out these discretionary powers exist would be the day I would try, by every means possible, to take advantage of the new system. Not only are we simply moving the problem somewhere else, but we are creating unfairness. In any case, it will never be possible to completely eliminate the backlog, because the number of applications will continue to grow.
Conditions in other countries will continue to worsen, as we are seeing now. The more difficult things become in some countries, the more applications there will be from people wanting to emigrate. I don't think we can resolve overnight the problem of long waiting lists in immigration.
Do you agree with me?