#193 - Evacuate
We return to Afghanistan, and to the unfinished work Canada left behind.Following our recent conversation with retired Canadian Forces member Cory Moore, we are joined by three guests from Aman Lara, ...
16 Joulu 20251h 5min
#192 - Preventing Study Permit Refusals
Steven and Deanna break down the rapidly shifting landscape of Canadian study permits amid IRCC’s newly released 2026 international student caps. With approval rates falling sharply in 2024–2025 and I...
10 Joulu 202528min
#190 - Express Entry Refusals
Steven and Deanna dive deep into the most common reasons IRCC refuses Express Entry applications, with a focus on what visa officers determine to be insufficient reference letters. 1:00 – Correction f...
25 Marras 202546min
#189 - The 2026–2028 Levels Plan: Behind the Numbers
Canada’s new 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan is here, and it’s a lot more confusing than media headlines suggest.This episode unpacks how the Carney government has quietly layered “one-time initiati...
17 Marras 202555min
#188 - Retired CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski on Immigration Security Screening
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. He previous worked as a senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.We discuss CSIS's role i...
10 Marras 20251h 11min
#187 - IRCC is Watching
Deanna, Sadaf Kashfi and Caroline Senini discuss your rights and obligations at the border, the intersection of immigration and criminal law, unreasonable search and seizure, mandatory minimum sentenc...
3 Marras 202547min
#186 - Retired IRCC Program Manager, Greg Chubak
Greg Chubak retired from IRCC in 2022. He was posted to South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore and the program manager in Hungary, Malaysia, Seattle, Sri Lanka and Austria. We discuss what programs hav...
27 Loka 20251h 3min
