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

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

7 days ago 1h 30m

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 provi

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

15 days ago 1h

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

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

22 days ago 1h 1m

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 Ac

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

30 days ago 50m 6s

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 Immigratio

#101 - Cancelling Mexican eTAs, Pepa and Anti-Semitism

Mar 22nd, 2024 45m 5s

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, wh

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

Mar 12th, 2024 53m 19s

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 o

#100 - What Being a Judge is Like, with Peter Edelmann

Mar 6th, 2024 1h 18m

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.

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

Feb 28th, 2024 53m 57s

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

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

Feb 21st, 2024 49m 17s

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-exis

#97 - Statelesness, with Jamie Chai Yun Liew

Feb 13th, 2024 52m 58s

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

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

Feb 6th, 2024 56m 28s

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 mus

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

Jan 31st, 2024 46m 23s

Douglas Judson is a lawyer in Ontario who practices in litigation. He can be found on Twitter @dwjudsonIn this episode, we are taking a break from immigration and discussing defamation law, which is the law around communications about a person

#94 - The Gaza Visitor Visa Program, with Pantea Jafari

Jan 23rd, 2024 1h 30m

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 IRC

#93 - Business Immigration, with Robin Seligman

Jan 16th, 2024 53m 33s

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 Sta

#92 - The Deportation of Permanent Residents for Serious Criminality

Jan 9th, 2024 57m 27s

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 deportati

[Repost] #56 - Responding to Deportation Letters, with Michael Greene

Jan 2nd, 2024 1h 3m

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 proc

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

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 15m

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.

#90 - Compassion Fatigue and Burnout while Practicing Immigration and Refugee Law

Nov 24th, 2023 1h 3m

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.

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

Oct 25th, 2023 1h 8m

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

#88 - The history of Canadian deportation law, with Simon Wallace

Oct 5th, 2023 1h 5m

“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 “

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

Aug 29th, 2023 53m 54s

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, sta

#86 - Refugee Resettlement and the Housing Crisis, with Laura Best

Aug 21st, 2023 1h 5m

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 fo

#85 - Security Delays, Study Permits and Mandamus, with Lev Abramovich

Aug 9th, 2023 1h 10m

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

History Episode 1 - Order in Council PC 1911-1324 - The Law to Ban Black Migration to Canada

Jun 29th, 2023 1h 2m

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