Some quick hits from the IAD: There will no longer be video conferencing via Montreal after December 31st. Cases already seized however will continue with the conferencing. Member Leonov has retired. We…
Continue ReadingToday along with my colleague Mr. Rotenberg we argued a very important medical case at the Federal Court of Appeal. The certified question which I dealt with as rephrased by me asks…
Continue ReadingQ: I am a Canadian who lost my wife in 2003 of cancer. I re-married in 2007 with somebody I met online. She was living in Canada for 10 years, but she…
Continue ReadingDealing with an institutional bureaucracy is a daunting exercise.Dealing with an institutional bureaucracy without understanding the underlying psychology is an impossibility!What’s in it for them?They want their job to be made easier…
Continue ReadingCitizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) is not a collection of computers and voicemail systems. Although on certain days we would swear a statutory declaration that there is not a living breathing soul…
Continue ReadingThere may also exist a perception among certain immigration officers that lawyers are profiteering.In fact, CIC is a government institution that in part is measured by its ability to assist the public…
Continue ReadingMany lawyers have encountered the client who is progressing through the system only to find there is an admissibility issue i.e. minor criminality dating several years that jeopardises the entire system. In…
Continue ReadingIn an article I wrote a few years ago I asked -is Superman the greatest immigrant of all time? Superman was introduced to the world in June 1938 and as the fictional…
Continue ReadingLatest Immigration Court Decisions Canada (Minister of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness) v Karimi-Ashad Decider: Russel W. Zinn J. Court: Federal Court Citation: 2010 FC 964 Judgement: September 27, 2010 Docket: IMM-4875-10…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
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