The proposed passage of Bill C-49 has resulted in vociferous criticism by human rights organizations and various legal associations among others. But as in all things it is instructive to take a…
Continue ReadingCounsel Evening Session AGENDA / ORDRE DU JOURMonday November 22, 2010 & Monday February 8, 20105:00 p.m. EST Boardroom 6B/C (6th Floor)74 Victoria StreetToronto, ONM5C 3C7 Moderator: Hazelyn Ross, Assistant Deputy Chairperson…
Continue ReadingI received several questions on this topic so I blended the questions. Q: I am in love with a man from Jamaica. I am in the processing of sponsorship him. We have…
Continue ReadingQ: I am a Canadian citizen who met and fell in love with a person from Argentina. She is in Canada, claimed refugee status and was refused. Meanwhile, we married and live…
Continue ReadingQ: I came to Canada from Venezuela in 1999 and received my Canadian citizenship in 2004. I have always worked and paid my taxes accordingly. Some of my family visited me in…
Continue ReadingAs I wrote earlier, the government is working on fundamental improvements to the regulation of immigration consultants, new citizenship legislation and the Live in Caregiver program. Significant changes to the foreign worker…
Continue ReadingThe plight of the Tamil refugee claimants has made all the headlines but some of the changes recently passed by the Harper Government before the summer recess should garner equal attention. Canada…
Continue ReadingThe Balanced Refugee Reform Act. 2001, c. 27 Bill C-11 received royal assent on June 29th, 2010 and it makes significant changes to the process for making a claim for refugee protection…
Continue ReadingIn a very interesting study entitled: A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada – A Refugee from Justice? Disparate Treatment in the Federal Court of Canada, (FCC) JON…
Continue ReadingI was involved in two complex matters this week where in the end the Federal Court (deportation case) in one case and the Immigration Appeal Division (medical case) in the other made…
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