#45 - Spousal Sponsorship Delays and Refusals, with Chantal Dube and Syed Farhan Ali
Syed Farhan Ali shares his Canadian immigration story. During the time that his spousal sponsorship application was in process he was denied temporary entry to Canada, missed the birth of his first c...
14 Dec 20201h 15min
#44 - An Interview with Chris Alexander, Canada's Immigration Minister from 2013-2015
The Honourable Chris Alexander served as Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada from July 2013 to November 2015. He represented the riding of Ajax—Pickering in the House of Commons o...
30 Nov 20201h 32min
#43 - An Interview with John McCallum, Canada's Immigration Minister from 2015-2017
The Honourable John McCallum served as Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada from November 2015 to January 2017. A Member of Parliament from 2000 - 2017, he also served a...
17 Nov 20201h 6min
#42 - Section 15 of the Charter and Canadian Immigration, with Aidan Campbell
Section 15 of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides that every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimi...
2 Nov 20201h 7min
#41 - Judges Virtue Signalling Inside and Outside of Court, with Andrew Hayes
In R v. Kattenburg Justice Stratas of the Federal Court of Appeal cautioned judges against giving "virtue signalling and populism a go." This prompted a largely philosophical discussion about the rol...
26 Okt 202051min
#40 - Family Law Concepts That Immigrants and their Sponsors Should Understand, with Ari Wormelli
In this episode we provide an overview of family law issues that immigrants and their Canadian sponsors should be aware of, inlcuding the recognition of foreign marriages, how divorce works, threateni...
5 Okt 20201h 2min
#39 - Immigration Detention Hearings after Brown v. Canada, with Aris Daghighian
Aris Daghighian is a senior associate with Green and Spiegel LLP in Toronto. He represented the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers as intervenors in Brown v. Canada, 2020 FCA 130. In this episode...
25 Aug 20201h 16min
#38 - R v. Zora - The Supreme Court of Canada Addresses Breach of Bail Conditions, with Sarah Runyon
R v. Zora is a 2020 Supreme Court of Canada decision involving the criminal offence of breaching bail conditions. It is relevant in the Canadian immigration context as individuals who are convicted o...
27 Juli 20201h 13min
