#53 - Thoughts on Starting a Career in Immigration Law, with Joshua Sohn
Joshua Sohn practiced immigration law for over 25 years. He is a past president of the Canadian Bar Association’s Immigration section. He worked both as a sole practicioner, at a small firm and at a ...
14 Huhti 20211h 6min
#52 - Ranking Economic Immigrants and Listener Q&A, with Professor Asha Kaushal
A discussion of the philosophy behind economic immigration, how Canada ranks economic immigrants, Ministerial Instructions and listener Q&A. Ashal Kaushal is an Assistant Professor at the University o...
31 Maalis 20211h 32min
#51 - Inadmissibility to Canada for Committing a Criminal Offence, with Sania Chaudhry
A discussion of when someone can be inadmissible to Canada for having committed a crime which doesn’t lead to a conviction. Cases referenced are Garcia v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC...
18 Maalis 20211h 3min
#50 - Membership in a Terrorist Organization and Immigration, with Hart Kaminker
A discussion of s. 34(1)(f) of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which provides that a foreign national or permanent resident is inadmissible for being the member of an organization tha...
3 Maalis 20211h 17min
#49 - The Supreme Court of Canada decision in Chieu and the Ribic Factors
Chieu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 SCC 3 was a landmark Supreme Court of Canada which affirmed the use of the Ribic factors in the H&C assessment. We discuss these factor...
17 Helmi 202153min
#48 - Responding to Procedural Fairness Letters, with Raj Sharma
A discussion about responding to procedural fairness letters with digressions on possible bias against people from Punjab, unreasonable documentation requests, tunnel vision amongst visa officers, how...
4 Helmi 20211h 18min
#47 - Universal Basic Income and Canadian Immigration
This episode is about the concept of a universal basic income and how it would work in Canada. We are joined by Sheila Regehr and Sameer Nurmohamed of Basic Income Canada Network. We discuss which ty...
20 Tammi 20211h 7min
#46 - An Interview with Sergio Marchi, Canada's Immigration Minister from 1993-1995
Sergio Marchi was Canada’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 1993-1995. 3:00 – Does someone keep the Minister title their whole life? 4:50 – What was the political consensus regarding Canad...
4 Tammi 202157min
