Note: Just to clarify, this is all related to the request for the CSQ, which doesn't have to be (CAN'T be) done until CIC sends you a letter requesting it. That letter from CIC is mentioned in the checklist, as it is a requirement to get your CSQ as a sponsored member of the family class. This changes nothing about the actual sponsorship and principal applicant documents that you put together for your PR app initially.
I just glanced over it, and it doesn't seem like there are *TOO* many hoops to jump through. Doesn't look like it has changed much since I did mine back in early 2013. I know we were easily able to gather everything in a single day (nothing we had to request from another entity, etc).
I do find it a bit frustrating that the English version is not yet available to people. ??? Back when I did it, they were clear that you had to fill out and send in the French version, but they at least provided an English version as a guide. Useful for those of us who speak NO French when we apply!
I'm not one of those "bad" Anglophones who moved to Québec and refuses to learn the language. I've done everything I can and worked very hard (including taking the MICC francisation courses, which I'll finish a week from tomorrow) to learn French, and I'm pretty functional now, not quite two years after the move (and about a year and a half after I first really started to learn French). But it doesn't happen overnight.
I find the people of Québec to be lovely people, friendly, patient, helpful, and very VERY encouraging when it comes to my effort to learn French. The government, however....sometimes I think they need to set a large fire and start over from the ashy base.
