Professionals believe that this provision should at best be eliminated, or at the very least, that the government must guarantee that all sponsors be obligated to post a bond.    
Many experts advocate that Canada should espouse the Australian approach to this matter which states that if family reunification is so imperative to someone who has immigrated, reunification can best be realized by that person returning home. If you miss mommy and daddy so much, go back to their country. 
 
“…the fact that most immigrants bring behind them older or unproductive family members is just a way to “kick the can 10 years down the line and ensure there’s an even bigger population making demands upon the state for which you’ll have to bring in even more people.” Eventually, the pyramid scheme runs out. We are, he says, engaged in nothing less than “civilization suicide”.
                                                                                                                        Mark Styen