Yes and no. I agree with your second point. One of the bill's aims is to allow the minister to select individuals using ministerial instructions.
One of the aims of the proposed legislation is to address the backlog. How are we planning to do this? Once the ministerial instructions have been issued, the backlog will stop growing. The department plans to invest 70% of its resources in eliminating the backlog. It also plans to follow through on two or three of the initiatives mentioned by Ms. Finley in her presentation.
If the bill is adopted, there would thus be two categories of individuals who could apply to come to Canada: those who are already in the queue and those who will make up the new category, or working inventory. They will remain a part of the working inventory for a maximum of one year and in time, the current backlog will be eliminated.