Mr. Bellissimo was recently quoted in an article from The National Post on the effects of the medical inadmissibility section in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and how it highlights inconsistencies within our immigration…
Continue ReadingMr. Bellissimo was recently quoted in an article from The Toronto Star on the politicization of the judicial appointment process, in response to the federal government’s deferral in appointment new judges to the…
Continue ReadingMr. 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,…
Continue ReadingMr. 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,…
Continue ReadingA 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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Continue ReadingGoli 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…
Continue ReadingThese 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…
Continue ReadingMario 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,…
Continue ReadingUntil 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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