The government has tabled amendments on March 14, 2008 to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). The stated goals of the government are to create a more responsive/streamlined immigration system, and to reduce the existing backlog of primarily skilled worker applications. The desired goals can be wholly achieved without gutting IRPA of its fundamental Canadian values of fairness and transparency.
On May 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.