#86 - Refugee Resettlement and the Housing Crisis, with Laura Best
Laura Best is an immigration lawyer practicing in Toronto. We discuss refugee resettlement and Canada's housing crisis, as well as whether Canada's housing shortage is impacting support for immigratio...
21 Elo 20231h 5min
#85 - Security Delays, Study Permits and Mandamus, with Lev Abramovich
There has been an increase in security screening in Canadian visa applications for residents of several countries.Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 885 is the first Federal Court o...
9 Elo 20231h 10min
History Episode 1 - Banning Black People Because Canada is Cold, Order in Council PC 1911-1324
This episode is a historical deep dive on Order in Council PC 1911-1324, an Order in Council from 1911 which stated that for a period of one year black people would not be permitted to immigrate in Ca...
29 Kesä 20231h 51min
#84 - Thoughts on Starting and Immigration Law Firm, with Will Tao
Will Tao is a Canadian immigration and the founder of Heron Law Office. During this episode we discuss what got Will into immigration law, why he started his own firm, how he balances client files, ...
6 Kesä 20231h 3min
#83 - Is the Canadian Immigration Dream Fading, with Kubeir Kamal
This episode is a joint recording of Borderlines and Ask Kubeir, a popular YouTube channel about Canadian immigration news and updates, hosted by Kubeir Kamal, a regulated immigration consultant in To...
23 Touko 20231h 3min
#82 - Jandu v. Canada, the top work permit Federal Court case of 2022
Jandu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1787, was a decision where the Federal Court quashed several visa refusals and misrepresentation findings for truck drivers. The case raised sev...
5 Touko 20231h 17min
#81 - Artificial Intelligence and Differential Decision Outcome Concerns, with Sean Rehaag
Sean Rehaag is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, the Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies and the Director of the Refugee Law Laboratory.Today we discuss his use of GPT to condu...
14 Maalis 20231h 24min
#80 - AMA with Raj Sharma on Processing Delays, Mandamus and Bulk Approvals to Clear Backlogs
Raj Sharma is an immigration lawyer in Calgary. He can be found on Twitter at @immlawyercanadaTopics:1:30 - Addressing divergent case law15:30 - Globe and Mail story about waiving TRV eligibility requ...
24 Tammi 20231h 16min
