Yes, I completely agree. The guidelines that are followed are the Statistics Canada guidelines on what constitutes low-income, and yes, it is incredibly difficult to be low-income and to be able to support another family member.
The thing is that families are very complex. The arrangements that we see are very different, very unique in each circumstance. When we have a regulation like this, one that applies to all cases no matter what, it's really difficult to understand what the impact will be for families.
The example I use is that of one spouse sponsoring another spouse, and then waiting for many years until their income comes up so that they can sponsor the children. But in fact the family actually is spending a lot of money for the care of their children; they're just not with them currently in the country. They are working. They are producing. At the same time, they are spending to look after family members who are not here. In any case, that cost is being borne by them.
The costs we cannot count are the economic costs and the long-term costs for that family.