Of course, this wasn't made known to applicants when they were preparing their applications, so I would submit to you that if individuals had known that the criteria would change based on the date they signed their application form, a lot more applications would have been received before September 22, 2011.
Bien sûr, cette information n'a pas été transmise aux personnes qui préparaient leur demande, alors j'avance que, si les gens avaient su que les critères changeraient selon la date à laquelle ils signent leur formulaire de demande, un beaucoup plus grand nombre de demandes aurait été reçu avant le 22 septembre 2011.