It's a political decision that's being played out on the backs of immigrants. It's clear.
The government knows that the newly arriving immigrant community has traditionally been a constituency of the Liberal Party, and they're daring the Liberals to vote against it. That's what this is really about. It's shameful, because it's being played out primarily on the backs of people who are outside of Canada and really don't vote on the matter, and on people who are newly arrived in Canada. These are the people who will suffer for what's being played out as a political game, if you will.