Yes, exactly. In my mind, this is the only way to remedy the problem of 117(9)(d). Effectively, it is an exclusion provision, and it automatically applies, regardless of the reason and regardless of whether the family member is a genuine family member, which I think is behind the premise of why this was put in place to begin with. If we are talking about a provision that is supposed to be effectively carrying out the government's objective of protecting the integrity of the immigration system and ensuring that only genuine family members are coming into our system, it's failing completely, because it is barring people for a lifetime from bringing their family members over. The only remedy, I think, is to get rid of it completely.
On October 20th, 2016. See this statement in context.