It's an excellent first step. If there were ever a category of immigrants who fully play out the rules of laissez-faire economics, it's the business immigrant category. By increasing the amounts, the suspicion was that we would reduce the intake so that we could quickly deliver visas. Well, guess what? The pipes are clogged again.
On a regular basis, we should feel no ill will on continuing to increase the investment amount until such time as the intake on the Canadian immigrant pipeline for business investors grows to a deliverable stage. All this means is that the demand is outstripping supply, and we have to increase the price to reduce the supply.
There's a reason we're the number-one country and so popular among the millionaire-plus category. It's safe, secure, and an excellent vehicle in which to deposit foreign currency.