#76 - Differential Treatment as a Breach of Procedural Fairness, with Pantea Jafari
Pantea Jafari is lead counsel at Jafari Law, which she opened in 2012. In 2022 Pantea won a successful group litigation for over 100 Iranian applicants whose applications were refused under the Self-E...
22 Syys 20221h 2min
#75 - Working at DOJ vs. Private Practice, with Jennifer Dagsvik, Nalini Reddy, and Rafeena Rashid
Three former counsel at the Department of Justice discuss what practicing at the DOJ is like vs. private practice. Jennifer Dagsvik worked as Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice from 2007 – 201...
24 Elo 20221h 38min
#74 - Practicing High Net Worth Asian Immigration to Canada in the 1980s, with Peter Scarrow
Peter Scarrow practiced Canadian immigration law from 1981 - 1991, opening the Taiwanese representative office for a prominent Vancouver law firm. We discuss what practicing high net worth immigration...
8 Elo 20221h 39min
#73 - From an Investor Immigrant Practice to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Chair, with David Thomas
David Thomas practiced immigration law from 1987 - 2014, when he was appointed Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. During his career he developed a large investor clientele from South ...
15 Heinä 20221h 6min
#72 - Misrepresentation
A discussion of misrepresentation, including its application, consequences, the innocent mistake defense, failing to disclose past visa refusals, the difference between insufficient evidence and misre...
29 Kesä 20221h
#71 - Extending Supervisas to Five Years, with Kyle Seeback, MP
Kyle Seeback is the Member of Parliament for Dufferin - Caledon. He is the author of Bill C-242, the Reuniting Families Act.Bill C-242 would allow a parent or grandparent who applies for a temporary ...
17 Kesä 202237min
#70 - The Importance of Compassion, with David Langlands, a 37-year Officer at CBSA
David Langlands is a recently retired 37-year officer of the Canada Border Services Agency. He worked at land, sea, air and even mail points of entry.We discuss his career, interacting with refugee c...
13 Huhti 20221h 15min
#69 - COVID-19 as an H&C Factor, Mandamus and FSW vs. CEC Priorities, with Raj Sharma
A discussion about the Federal Court of Canada decision in Mohammad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1, how being a COVID-19 front-line worker is considered in the H&C context, mandamu...
16 Helmi 202257min
