In 2009, when the first-generation limit was brought in, it was not an unforeseen consequence that the first-generation limit would apply and that it would apply consistently to the natural-born children and the adopted children of Canadians abroad in the first generation. This amendment is providing an access to citizenship to those adopted abroad in the second generation or beyond and addressing a concern that we have been hearing since the first-generation limit was imposed in 2009.
On May 31st, 2023. See this statement in context.