#108 - A Former Visa Officer on The Culture at IRCC, AI, and Obstacles to Change, with Martin Levine
Borderlines30 Huhti 2024

#108 - A Former Visa Officer on The Culture at IRCC, AI, and Obstacles to Change, with Martin Levine

Martin Levine was a Visa Officer and Analyst at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 1978 - 2009. He then worked as a contract employee as an ATIP Analyst for numerous federal departments.


This episode is like reading the results of an Access to Information Act on how IRCC works, and then asking questions of the person who wrote it. We discuss the culture at IRCC, whether artificial intelligence will improve decision making, whether visa officers should have more discretion, budget cuts and training issues and how the biggest obstacle to meaningful change at IRCC might be the Treasury Board.

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#201 - IRCC’s Security Screening Delays: Causes, Timelines, and Legal Impacts

#201 - IRCC’s Security Screening Delays: Causes, Timelines, and Legal Impacts

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#202 - The Emergencies Act and the Freedom Convoy

#202 - The Emergencies Act and the Freedom Convoy

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#200 - Building a Corporate Immigration Law Practice

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#199 - Is Canada’s Population Decline Good for the Economy?

#199 - Is Canada’s Population Decline Good for the Economy?

Canada is deliberately slowing, and possibly reversing, its population growth. But what does that actually mean for the economy?We are joined by economist Mikuel Scutterat for a wide-ranging and candi...

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#198 - How Decisions Get Written, with Justice Peter Edelmann

#198 - How Decisions Get Written, with Justice Peter Edelmann

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#197 - New World Order

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We discuss possible immigration implications of Mark Carney’s recent speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Topics discussed include trade agreements, mobility rights, national security screenin...

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#196 - Canada’s Healthcare Crisis & Immigration, with Dr. Brian Day

#196 - Canada’s Healthcare Crisis & Immigration, with Dr. Brian Day

Canada is increasingly turning to immigration to address a growing healthcare shortage, but is the system actually built to absorb more doctors? Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Nachoff are joined by D...

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#195 - 2026 Predictions for Canadian Immigration Law

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