Whenever you have a lot of room for arbitrary decisions, there is always the concern that the discretionary power could be used improperly and especially that the public could have that perception.
So a family who has lost hope could think that making a financial contribution to a political party would help an application along. We do not want that to happen.
There is another potential concern with this bill, which is that it could be used as a model in other countries. If Canada passes this kind of bill, in other words, one that affects an international treaty, it could be looked upon as an exportable model abroad.
This is dangerous territory because it will obviously lead to the same kind of unlimited discretionary power being favoured in other contexts, and could very well be dangerous in this one.