One pressing issue that no one seemed to mention, and I must bring it up, is how this will affect us refugees.
As a refugee myself, I gave up my original passport (and got a travel document) as I do not wish to use my original passport due to certain concerns.
I love Canada and its people, and I greatly appreciate the new life they provided me with, and I intend to build my future and the future of my kids here.
However, the travel document is quite limited in terms of countries I can travel to, for example, my family resides in an Arabian-gulf country which upon calling their embassy, they are happy to directly inform you that they issue no visas for Canadian refugee travel documents.
I was hoping that when I receive my PR in 10 months, I will wait for two more years and then apply for the citizenship just in order to get a valid passport with which I can visit my family and be able to travel properly which is highly needed in my field of work (International Protocol Consultancy).
I now have to wait 10 months, then 4 years, then a year for processing, before I have the freedom to visit my family or conduct business properly as the travel document greatly restricts my mobility.
I hope that, for us refugees at least, an exception is made when we furnish the evidence proving such hardships and display how such a small line in such a bill can greatly complicate life for us.
Thank you all.