As stated, this amendment is important, for equity, to extend citizenship to international adoptees who are being adopted in the second generation and beyond by a Canadian who is himself or herself a first-generation Canadian born abroad.
The department is also aware of concerns of parents of international adoptees who are looking for a direct route to citizenship such as this one, where a connection test is met as an alternative to going through the immigration process and the sponsorship route, where families are affected by the first-generation limit. This remedy would be beneficial and helpful from that perspective.
There are not any concerns about unintended consequences.