Best Deanna Okun Nachoff Podcasts (2024)

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#111 - Security Screening Delays and Chinese Espionage Allegations, with Lev Abramovich 1:02:26

2h ago1:02:26

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Lev Abramovich is a Canadian immigration lawyer in Toronto. We discuss ongoing security screening delays at IRCC, particularly for Chinese and Iranian nationals, mandamus applications, the expanded definition of espionage in Canadian immigration law, and how recently legislation to combat foreign interference in Canada may further hinder access to …

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#110 - A Former Visa Officer on Locally Engaged Staff and Reconsideration Requests, with Martin Levine 1:02:55

1d ago1:02:55

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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 previously appeared on Episode #108. We discuss locally engaged staff, reconsideration requests, recording visa office interviews, IRCC office politics, vi…

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#109 - DUIs and Dangerous Driving, with Kyle Lee 51:48

9m ago51:48

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Kyla Lee is a criminal defense lawyer at Acumen Law and the host of the Driving Law podcast. In this episode Kyla answers dozens of questions about common driving offenses, including impaired driving and dangerous driving. Topics include how these offenses work, roadside prohibitions vs. criminal charges, defenses to impaired driving charges, distr…

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History Episode 1 - Banning Black People Because Canada is Cold, Order in Council PC 1911-1324 [Repost] 1:51:41

7d ago1:51:41

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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 Canada because the Canadian government deemed them unsuitable to Canada's climate. I am re-uploading the episode to fix some audio issues and also to ad…

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#108 - A Former Visa Officer on The Culture at IRCC, AI, and Obstacles to Change, with Martin Levine 1:21:12

5d ago1:21:12

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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. This episode is like reading the results of an Access to Information Act on how IRCC works, and then asking questions of the person who wrote it. We discuss t…

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#107 - Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Part 2 with Dr. Deborrah Dunne (see also Episode #105) 1:09:33

9d ago1:09:33

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This is the second instalment (Part 1 is Episode #105 in this mini-series on Trauma-Informed Lawyering. In this segment, Deanna's own clinical counsellor, Dr. Deborrah Dunne discusses in more depth: a) vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue; b) the importance of self-care in running a trauma-informed practice; b) strategies for identifying trauma …

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#105 - "How-to" primer on Trauma-Informed Advocacy, with Dr. Sharalyn Jordan and Dr. Deborrah Dunne 1:23:13

9d ago1:23:13

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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Sharalyn Jordan (Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology and Equity Studies in Education at Simon Fraser University, and chair of the Rainbow Refugee society in Vancouver BC), and Dr. Deborrah Dunne, clinical counsellor. Our guests take us through a "Trauma 101" style overview of PTSD, C-PTSD and the neurobi…

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#106 - Customs Law, Border Seizures and Loss of NEXUS, with Samuel Hyman 1:07:21

12d ago1:07:21

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Samuel Hyman is a Vancouver lawyer with one of the more well known practices in Canadian customs law. We dive into Canadian customs law for individuals, examining the procedures and rights that Canadians have at the border around the seizure of goods, the imposition of administrative monetary penalties and loss of NEXUS. We discuss the consequences…

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[Repost] #62 - Tips from a Former CBSA Inland Enforcement Officer, with Carl Brault 1:30:03

18d ago1:30:03

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This episode originally ran on October 5, 2021. Carl Brault worked for almost twenty years at the Canada Border Services Agency. His roles included Border Services Officer, Intelligence Analyst and Inland Enforcement Officer. He currently provides consultation services to authorized immigration representatives and can be reached at cb-advisingservi…

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#104 - Privacy Law Issues 101 and Impacts On Canadian Immigration, with Gerald Chan 1:00:13

25d ago1:00:13

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In this episode, we are joined by Gerald Chan, a privacy and criminal defense lawyer from Stockwood's LLP. We discuss several significant cases and topics within the realm of privacy law and its intersection with Canadian immigration law. Gerald's paper on text message privacy can be found here. Specific cases include: R. v. Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6 (w…

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#103 - Inadmissibility for Organized Crime and Screening Lawyers for Islamophobia, with A. Connie Campbell 1:01:20

1M ago1:01:20

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A. Connie Campbell is a lawyer at Edelmann & Co. We discuss inadmissibility for organized crime and answer a question about whether we think that law societies should screen lawyers for Islamophobia or anti-Palestinian sentiments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#102 - What Being a Visa Officer Was Like, with Corey Clamp 50:06

1M ago50:06

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Corey Clamp worked at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 2003-2008. His roles included working as a Litigation Management Analyst in Ottawa, several supervisory roles at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi and as a Senior Immigration Officer at the Canadian visa office in Ho Chi Minh City. We discuss Corey's immigration career, the impor…

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#101 - Cancelling Mexican eTAs, Pepa and Anti-Semitism 45:05

2M ago45:05

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Deanna and Steven discuss the partial visa reimposition on Mexican nationals, the cancellation of Mexican eTAs, IRCC procedures for cancelling visas in general and the Supreme Court granting leave in Pepa. We also answer a listener question, which is whether Canadian visa officials should screen prospective immigrants for antisemitism. Hosted on Ac…

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[Repost] #35 - The Implications of the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in Vavilov 53:19

2M ago53:19

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This episode is a repost of episode 35, which has been our most listened to podcast episode to date. It was recorded on 27 January 2020. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 was a landmark 2019 Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the Supreme Court of Canada outlined a new framework for the standard of revie…

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#100 - What Being a Judge is Like, with Peter Edelmann 1:18:31

2M ago1:18:31

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Peter Edelmann was a founder of the Borderlines podcast and immigration lawyer who was appointed to the British Columbia Supreme Court in December, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#99 - When will Express Entry Points Decrease, with Amandeep Hayer 53:57

2M ago53:57

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Amandeep Hayer is the founder of Hayer Law, a Vancouver immigration law firm. The Express Entry points requirement is currently higher than it has ever been. In this episode we discuss when they are likely to decrease. We also discuss a recent Ontario court decision which struck down Canada's two generation limit on citizenship by descent. Finally,…

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#98 - The Ban on Islamic Adoptions, with Warda Shazadi Meighen 49:17

3M ago49:17

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Warda Shazadi Meighen is an immigration lawyer in Toronto and the founder of Landings Law. Canadian immigration legislation states that adoptions that can lead to immigration must create a legal parent-child relationship and sever the pre-existing legal parent-child relationship.Many Islamic countries have adoption, or guardianship, regimes based o…

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#97 - Statelesness, with Jamie Chai Yun Liew 52:58

3M ago52:58

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Jamie Chai Yun Liew is a Professor at the University of Ottawa and the author of Ghost Citizens - Decolonial Apparitions of Stateless, Foreign and Wayward Figures in Law. In this episode we discuss statelessness, which is when someone does not have citizenship in any country because of the operation of law. We discuss how people can become stateles…

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#96 - Inadmissibility for Espionage and Chinese Immigration, with Will Tao 56:28

3M ago56:28

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Will Tao is a Canadian immigration and the founder of Heron Law Office. In January 2024 Justice Crampton, the Chief Justice of the Federal Court released a decision where he ruled that what constitutes “espionage” in Canadian immigration law must evolve “as hostile state actors increasingly make use of non-traditional methods to obtain sensitive in…

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#95 - Defamation Law and SLAPP Proceedings, with Douglas Judson 46:23

3M ago46:23

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Douglas Judson is a lawyer in Ontario who practices in litigation. He can be found on Twitter @dwjudson In this episode, we are taking a break from immigration and discussing defamation law, which is the law around communications about a person that tends to hurt their reputation. We are focusing on one of the defenses to defamation lawsuits, which…

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#94 - The Gaza Visitor Visa Program, with Pantea Jafari 1:30:05

4M ago1:30:05

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Pantea Jafari is lead counsel at Jafari Law, which she opened in 2012. In this episode, we discuss IRCC's response to the crisis in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Details of the program that is the subject of our discussion can be found on IRCC's website at canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/israel-west-bank-gaza-2023/canada-tr…

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#93 - Business Immigration, with Robin Seligman 53:33

4M ago53:33

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Robin Seligman is the founder of Seligman Law, an immigration law firm in Toronto. In this episode we discuss Canada's business immigration programs, including a history of the Immigrant Investor Program and Entrepreneur Program, the current Start-Up Visa Program, and difficulties that entrepreneurs face in coming to Canada to start businesses. Hos…

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#92 - The Deportation of Permanent Residents for Serious Criminality 57:27

4M ago57:27

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Michael Greene, K.C. is an immigration lawyer in Calgary. He served as the National Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Citizenship & Immigration Section in 2000-2001. He is representing Jaskirat Singh Sidhu in his immigration and deportation matters. We discuss the Federal Court decision in Sidhu v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Prepared…

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[Repost] #56 - Responding to Deportation Letters, with Michael Greene 1:03:18

4M ago1:03:18

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This episode is a repost of episode 56. We discuss issues involving the deportation of long term permanent residents for criminality.5:45 - What are the grounds for deporting a permanent resident for criminality?13:00 - How does the appeal process work?17:00 - What are the factors in deportation.19:00 - An overview of the history of the law involvi…

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#91 -Recapping 2023 and Predictions for 2024 in Canadian Immigration Law, with Tamara Mosher Kuczer 1:15:41

5M ago1:15:41

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Tamara Mosher Kuczer is the Founder & Principal Lawyer of Lighthouse Immigration Law Professional Corporation. She can be found on Twitter @ttrrmk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Achoff

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#90 - Compassion Fatigue and Burnout while Practicing Immigration and Refugee Law 1:03:33

6M ago1:03:33

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Deanna Okun-Nachoff, Erica Olmstead, Erin Roth, Kamaljit Kaur Lehal and Laura Best discuss compassion fatigue in the practice of refugee law and how they avoid burnout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Achoff

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#89 - The Implications of the Supreme Court decision in Mason v. Canada (PSEP) 1:08:04

7M ago1:08:04

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Mason v. Canada was a Supreme Court of Canada decision which assessed whether inadmissibility on security grounds for engaging in violence required a nexus to national security. The Supreme Court of Canada's decision clarified the interpretation of "inadmissibility on security grounds" under section 34(1)(e) of the Immigration and Refugee Protectio…

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#88 - The history of Canadian deportation law, with Simon Wallace 1:05:22

8M ago1:05:22

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“When and why did Canada develop the legal powers to detain and deport immigrants?” This is the question asked by Simon Wallace, a PhD Student at Osgoode Hall Law School and refugee lawyer, in his paper published in Queen’s Law Journal titled “Police Authority is Necessary”: The Canadian Origins of the Legal Powers to Detain and Deport, 1893 – 1902…

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#87 - Visa Officers and the IAD Ignoring or Disagreeing with Federal Court, with Raj Sharma 53:54

9M ago53:54

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Raj Sharma is an immigration lawyer in Calgary. In Borderlines Podcast Episode 69 we discussed his case Mohammad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1, in which the Federal Court quashed an Immigration Appeal Division decision, stating that the IAD did not properly give enough weight to the unique contributions that Ms. Mohammad made a…

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#86 - Refugee Resettlement and the Housing Crisis, with Laura Best 1:05:53

9M ago1:05:53

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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 immigration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Achoff

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#85 - Security Delays, Study Permits and Mandamus, with Lev Abramovich 1:10:38

10M ago1:10:38

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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 of Canada decision to discuss mandamus in the study permit context. Mandamus applications are actions to the Federal Court of Canada to compel IRCC to …

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History Episode 1 - Banning Black People Because Canada is Cold, Order in Council PC 1911-1324 1:51:41

11M ago1:51:41

1:51:41

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 Canada because the Canadian government deemed them unsuitable to Canada's climate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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#84 - Thoughts on Starting and Immigration Law Firm, with Will Tao 1:03:06

12M ago1:03:06

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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, advocacy and family life, whether he will take paternity leave after his second child is born, whether he thinks it is possible to take lengthy sabbatic…

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#83 - Is the Canadian Immigration Dream Fading, with Kubeir Kamal 1:03:17

12M ago1:03:17

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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 Toronto.We discuss how obtaining Canadian permanent residence is becomming more difficult for several groups, including recent international graduates, …

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#82 - Jandu v. Canada, the top work permit Federal Court case of 2022 1:17:15

1y ago1:17:15

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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 several interesting issues, including the roles of Service Canada and IRCC in assessing genuineness, and what documentation visa officers can reasonably e…

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#81 - Artificial Intelligence and Differential Decision Outcome Concerns, with Sean Rehaag 1:24:11

1y ago1:24:11

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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 conduct legal research, artificial intelligence and decision making, differential results in Federal Court and Immigration and Refugee Board decisions, and…

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#80 - AMA with Raj Sharma on Processing Delays, Mandamus and Bulk Approvals to Clear Backlogs 1:16:14

1+ y ago1:16:14

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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 requirements to clear backlogs23:00 - Chat GTP replacing lawyers and visa officers31:00 - Processing delays36:00 - Mandamus42:00 - Open work permits for s…

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#79 - Recapping 2022 and Predictions for 2023 in Canadian Immigration Law, with Tamara Mosher Kuczer 1:17:13

1+ y ago1:17:13

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Tamara Mosher Kuczer is the Founder & Principal Lawyer of Lighthouse Immigration Law Professional Corporation. She can be found on Twitter @ttrrmk.5:00How would you summarize 2022 for Canadian immigration? 13:23Favorite development in Canadian immigration law25:00Least favorite development in Canadian immigration39:15Favorite Federal Court decision…

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#78 - Canada's No Fly List, with Sadaf Kashfi and Eric Purtzki 1:11:07

1+ y ago1:11:07

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The Secure Air Travel Act provides the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness with authority to establish a list of individuals that the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect could be a threat to aviation or national security or intends to travel by air for the purpose of terrorism. Sadaf Kashfi, works for Edelmann & Co. She advi…

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#77 - When Processing Delays are an Abuse of Process, with Prasanna Balasundaram 58:50

1+ y ago58:50

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Prasanna Balasundaram is the Director of Downtown Legal Services. He represented the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers as interveners in the Supreme Court of Canada case Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz, which dealt with when delays can amount to an abuse of process.2:00 Why did CARL intervene in this case? 6:00Recalibrating abuse of p…

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#76 - Differential Treatment as a Breach of Procedural Fairness, with Pantea Jafari 1:02:21

1+ y ago1:02:21

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Pantea Jafari is lead counsel at Jafari Law, which she opened in 2012. In 2022 Pantea won a successful group litigation for over 100 Iranian applicants whose applications were refused under the Self-Employed Class. Pantea successfully argued that the Canadian government unfarily changed the standards for these applicants after they had applied. We …

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#75 - Working at DOJ vs. Private Practice, with Jennifer Dagsvik, Nalini Reddy, and Rafeena Rashid 1:38:08

1+ y ago1:38:08

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Three former counsel at the Department of Justice discuss what practicing at the DOJ is like vs. private practice. Jennifer Dagsvik worked as Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice from 2007 – 2017, and now is a Lecturer at Immigration and Refugee Law at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law in Thunder Bay, and also a Director at the Newcomer Legal Cl…

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#74 - Practicing High Net Worth Asian Immigration to Canada in the 1980s, with Peter Scarrow 1:39:47

2y ago1:39:47

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Peter Scarrow practiced Canadian immigration law from 1981 - 1991, opening the Taiwanese representative office for a prominent Vancouver law firm. We discuss what practicing high net worth immigration from Taiwan and China was like in the 1980s and early 1990s, ghost consultant fraud, tax avoidance, and being a private banker vs. immigration lawyer…

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#73 - From an Investor Immigrant Practice to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Chair, with David Thomas 1:06:07

2y ago1:06:07

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David Thomas practiced immigration law from 1987 - 2014, when he was appointed Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. During his career he developed a large investor clientele from South Korea, ran to be a Member of Parliament, and started a charity that delivered vitamins to North Korea. 3:00 - The start of Dave’s career practicing imm…

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#72 - Misrepresentation 1:00:08

2y ago1:00:08

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A discussion of misrepresentation, including its application, consequences, the innocent mistake defense, failing to disclose past visa refusals, the difference between insufficient evidence and misrepresentation, and going after low hanging fruit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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#71 - Extending Supervisas to Five Years, with Kyle Seeback, MP 37:51

2y ago37:51

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Kyle Seeback is the Member of Parliament for Dufferin - Caledon. He is the author of Bill C-242, the Reuniting Families Act.Bill C-242 would allow a parent or grandparent who applies for a temporary resident visa as a visitor to purchase private health insurance outside Canada and to stay in Canada for a period of five years.On June 7, 2022, Immigr…

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#70 - The Importance of Compassion, with David Langlands, a 37-year Officer at CBSA 1:15:18

2y ago1:15:18

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David Langlands is a recently retired 37-year officer of the Canada Border Services Agency. He worked at land, sea, air and even mail points of entry.We discuss his career, interacting with refugee claimants and people fleeing dire circumstances, compassion, how he once found a zip-log bag labeled Antrhax in someone's suitcase, whether all CBSA int…

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#69 - COVID-19 as an H&C Factor, Mandamus and FSW vs. CEC Priorities, with Raj Sharma 57:53

2+ y ago57:53

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A discussion about the Federal Court of Canada decision in Mohammad v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1, how being a COVID-19 front-line worker is considered in the H&C context, mandamus, tips for litigators, and how to prioritize FSW applications vs. CECRaj Sharma is a Partner at Stewart Sharma Harsanyi in Calgary. Hosted on Acast. …

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#68 - The Economic Pros and Cons of Canadian Immigration, with Mikal Skuterud 1:25:09

2+ y ago1:25:09

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Mikal Skuterud is a professor of economics at the University of Waterloo.The paper on TR-to-PR transition rates can be found here: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/36280001202200100002. The paper on outmigration can be found here: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11f0019m/11f0019m2012340-eng.htm3:00 - Does Canada economically need hi…

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#67 - Is IRCC Systemically Biased Against People from Africa, with Gideon Christian 1:23:59

2+ y ago1:23:59

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A discussion about Canada's low approval rates for study permit, work permit and temporary resident visa applications for people from Africa. Professor Christian can be found at @ProfXtian on Twitter. The IRCC Anti-Racism Employee Focus Groups Final Report referenced in this episode can be found here - https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/pwgsc-tp…

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