It's not a matter of whether we respect visa officers or not. I have a lot of respect for visa officers. But people make wrong decisions, and when people make a wrong decision, you need to have a way to address that error fairly and quickly. It is in Canada's interest for tourists to come to Canada; it is in Canada's interest for Canadians to be able to have their families come to Canada; it is in Canada's interest for workers to come and work for businesses and for students to attend universities here and pay very high international student fees.
When we have an appeal system, it is important for the people who are responsible for the appeals to be able to look at this in a fair way and be able to instruct officers as to how they should be determining these applications.