I want to revisit this matter of fees charged. The difficulty is the following.
I attended the meeting at Le Patro here in Ottawa. There were about 700 Haitian families represented there. Basically they were told to make applications to sponsor, even though the people they were trying to sponsor fell out of the categories. Because Quebec had extended its categories and softened its stance, if you will, people hoped these would be considered, so they submitted all applications and included all fees.
I'm just trying to zero in on those people. You have to put yourself in their shoes. They live in the same country, and across the river their brothers and sisters can sponsor but they can't. At one point it became problematic. A lot of people considered moving to Gatineau. Of course you'd like that.
Anyhow, I presume those applications were rejected right off the bat.