For the most part it's a good idea but what about those who seek asylum? Is there a time lapse between when they arrive in Canada to when they apply to 'immigrate' that would allow them to learn the lanuage? How would it work for children? What happens if you immigrate as a family but only 1 or 2 family members pass?
I'm all for those living in Canada being required to speak at least one official language fluently (after all if any one of us moved to a foreign country we'd have to learn another language, even if English is considered more and more a 'universal' language) but do see how it could present a lot of problems.
I don't see a problem though piggy-backing onto the British and Australian tests - they've obviously already created two versions of the test so it shouldn't be an issue to create a third one for Canada. It's not like it'll need to be translated and I do believe most Canadian words are spelled the same.
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