It is perhaps well known that residents of Canada’s largest cities currently face significant constraints in accessing affordable housing. The lack in supply of rentals in Toronto specifically was confirmed by the…
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Justice Southcott’s recent judgment in Peiqrishvili v Canada (M.C.I.), 2019 FC 1205 has provided some much-needed clarity on the intention analysis in cessation cases based on reavailment under s. 108(1)(a) of Immigration…
Continue ReadingMario D.Bellissimo speaks to Gianpietro Nagliati from OMNI TV on the 1 year anniversary of Bill C-6, which brought important changes to the Citizenship Act!
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The latest Express Entry Draw took place during the period of October 30th, 2019. During this round, 3,900 Invitations to Apply have been issued to foreign nationals who had 475 points or…
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Earlier this year, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, announced the details of the current Canadian Government’s strategy for increasing Francophone and bilingual immigration, including to Francophone…
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The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) has now released their final report following the audit of detention practices begun in the Fall of 2017. [1][2] For ease of review, we have summarized…
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In Part One of this blog we looked at Is Mass Immigration in Canada’s Best Interests – What’s the Story? We discussed how mass immigration is being posited as deleterious and negatively…
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The latest Express Entry Draw took place during the period of October 2nd, 2019. During this round, 3,900 Invitations to Apply have been issued to foreign nationals who had 464 points or…
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There was quite the stir a few weeks ago when billboards ran for a short time in various cities throughout Canada with a simple (but loaded) message – say no to immigration.[1] …
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In many cases, refugee claimants who are unsuccessful at the Refugee Protection Division have the right to file an appeal before the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD). If unsuccessful at the RAD, claimants…
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