Um, no, I'm not worried about the FEELINGS of those who went thought the hoops already, so much as about the clear message being sent to those in the pipeline and prospective immigrants that they are chumps for going through all the bureaucratic procedures, when it doesn't matter anyway.

And reread my post, this isn't about Trump's ban, those were already being processed the normal way as refugees, this is about doing away with any processing, i.e. as in in Coderre's example, someone from France can come here on a tourist or student visa, and just overstay the visa and get the same benefits as a French immigrant who went through the long legal process, and about people who have already been here years. Funny journalists outside Quebec aren't mentioning this.

BTW, it has been well noted that Coderre used to be immigration minister in a Liberal government, and that he is acting accordingly.