We were more generous. We did not have a grandfather clause. Our eligibility criteria were fairly open and flexible, but they were conditional on successful completion of a written exam about 24 months after admission. Once the exam results were known, we had to shut out almost 800 members, since they had simply not passed the exam or even the language proficiency test for that matter, whether in French or in English.
On October 18th, 2010. See this statement in context.