My Personal OpinionBachar said:Nothing is clear yet, and I think the people who answered in Montreal are not immigration officers
and even if it the new rules will be applied on old applicants they must give us a time to upgrade
There is a point in Umer's concern. Though he has applied earlier and still old rules apply to him, But if there are new applicants who have similar expertise/points as that of Umer and they are very good at FRENCH (May be B2/C1/C2) then definitely new applicants will be preferred. So this is purely luck and there is nothing in our hands. Just wait and watch.