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14 Oct 2014

Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted in a Toronto Star Piece Regarding the Policing of “Ghost” Immigration Consultants

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Mr. Bellissimo was recently quoted in a Toronto Star article, discussing the ineffectiveness of recent laws that are supposed to curb the occurrence of “ghost” immigration consultants. For a link to the article,…

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10 Sep 2014

Mario Bellissimo Interviewed for a Macleans Piece Regarding Recent Changes to the Age Limit of a Dependent Child

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Mr. Bellissimo was recently interviewed by Macleans magazine, for his opinion on the recent changes to the age limit of a dependent child looking to immigrate to Canada. For a link to the article,…

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24 Jul 2014

Mario D. Bellissimo Mentioned In The Toronto Star Article Regarding The Ongoing Court Challenge Against The Foreign Workers Program Reforms

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A husband and wife who own two chain restaurants in Labrador have launched a constitutional challenge against Ottawa’s move to keep them from hiring foreign workers and place their businesses on an…

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21 Jun 2014

Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In The Toronto Star Article Regarding The Federal Court’s Immigration Backlog Pilot Project

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9 Jun 2014

Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In Law Times Regarding The Ongoing Fraud Case Of Disbarred Lawyer Angelina Codina

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Goli Amirpour says she paid former lawyer Angelina Codina $24,000 to bring her brother and his friend to Canada from Iran. But a year later, Codina, who was disbarred for bilking Legal…

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1 May 2014

Sindura Dar Quoted In Cba Practicelink Article Regarding The Temporary Foreign Worker Program

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These are the times that try lawyers’ souls. In late April — stung by a series of scandals — Employment Minister Jason Kenney staggered the legal community by imposing a blanket moratorium…

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1 Apr 2014

Mario D. Bellissimo interviewed in The Lawyers Weekly regarding Immigration Backlogs

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Mario D. Bellissimo Chair of the National Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association was featured in the March 2014 issue of Lawyers Weekly. The article focuses on a pilot project,…

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21 Oct 2013

Nigerian Students Deported – Mario D. Bellissimo Weighs In

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Until recently, two foreign students who had been enrolled at the University of Regina, sought refuge in city churches when they learned that their brief stints working at Wal-Mart were not permitted…

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20 Sep 2013

Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted in the Toronto Star “Immigration detainees in Lindsay jail stage protest and hunger strike”

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Posted by: Fabiola Arevalo Roughly 200 immigration detainees in the Greater Toronto Area have been relocated to the Central East Correctional Centre (~ 2 hours away from the city) in Lindsay, Ontario. …

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18 Jun 2013

Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In Midweek Newspaper Regarding The RBC Scandal

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In the wake of the RBC scandal, refugee intake dropping drastically, a diminishing family class, seemingly endless amendments to Canada’s immigration system and vociferous debate on both sides of the divide for…

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