#154 - Expanding The Presumption of Innocence to Immigration Law
On March 14, 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 6. Prior to the case, in Saskatchewan’s provinc...
27 Mar 202527min
#153: The Big Reveal: Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot Programs
Deanna discusses the new Ministerial Instructions rolling out the long awaited caregiver pilots on 31 March 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 Mar 202531min
#152 - Revoking Elon Musk's Canadian Citizenship, with Amandeep Hayer
Over 300,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling on the government to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship. Is this possible, and should it be? We also discuss the ongoing saga about changes to the law...
21 Mar 202548min
#151 - Mark Carney, The Liberal Leadership Race, and Canadian Immigration, with Chantal Desloges
Chantal Desloges is an immigration lawyer in Toronto. We discuss what the various Liberal leadership candidates have pledged regarding Canadian immigration policy, with a focus on Mark Carney and a sp...
7 Mar 202538min
#150 - Capping Immigration Applications from India
Kubeir Kamal is a regulated immigration consultant in Toronto. In October, 2024, Quebec announced that it was limiting the number of foreign nationals invited from any one country in its Regular Skill...
4 Mar 202554min
#149 - Incomplete Applications
In this episode, we break down IRCC's practice of rejecting applications for incompleteness, often for minor technical issues. Effectively a form of stats manipulation, this practice creates a mislea...
26 Feb 202534min
#148 - The Vietnamese Boat People, with Misty Ty and Mymy Huynh
Misty Ty is a documentary film maker. Her father, Robert Ty, was the owner of a shipping company whose cargo ship, The Tung An, encountered a fishing vessel with over 200 people. Misty Ty was one of t...
18 Feb 202550min
#147 - A Debate on Banning Immigration Consultants, with Former Visa Officer 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. He previ...
11 Feb 20251h 23min
