#120 - Is Canadian Immigration Policy Broken, with Siavash Shekarian
Siavash Shekarian is an immigration lawyer in Toronto, and the Executive Member & Public Affairs Liaison of the Ontario Bar Association, Citizenship and Immigration Law Section. Hosted on Acast. See a...
14 Aug 20241h 1min
#119 - Canada's Caregiver Programs
Deanna and Steven discuss Canada's caregiver programs, including the Live-in Caregiver Program (1992 to 2014), the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots (2014 to 201...
6 Aug 202441min
#118 - Suing Immigration Consultants and Lawyers, with Eoin Logan
Eoin Logan is a lawyer at Meridian Law Group. Fifty percent of his practice is suing immigration consultants and lawyers for professional negligence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
16 Jul 20241h 7min
#117 - Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers and Access to Justice issues
A discussion of the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers program, a program which provides ppen work permit for vulnerable foreign workers who are victims of abuse. We also discuss access to justic...
12 Jul 20241h 24min
History Episode 2 - Railway to Exclusion Part 1 - Chinese Migration to Canada - 1850-1885
Part 1 of 2 in a historical deep dive of Chinese immigration to Canada. This episode covers the period of 1850 - 1885, and includes an overview of events in China at the time (including the Opium Wars...
9 Jul 20243h
#116 - Chinook, AI Triaging and ITAT, with Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed
Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed is an immigration lawyer in Toronto. She can be found on X at @ZeynabZiaieWe discuss Chinook, AI triage and IRCC's Integrity Trend Analysis Tool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
25 Jun 202443min
#115 - The Walls Have Eyes, Artificial Intelligence in Border Surveillance, with Petra Molnar
Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing in migration and human rights. We discuss her recent book, The Walls Have Eyes Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.Topics...
19 Jun 20241h 1min
#114 - Are Immigration Policies Hurting Canada's Economy, with Mikal Skuterud
Mikal Skuterud is a Professor at the University of Waterloo. We discuss the impact of immigration on housing prices, foreign workers, lumping Francophone migration objectives under economic immigratio...
11 Jun 202455min
