Immigration
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July 04, 2024
Enjoying a stress-free immigration summer
Summer has officially started in Canada. With the school year beginning in early September and the difficulty of moving during winter, many newcomers to Canada arrive during the summer months. As a result, work permits and other immigration documents often expire during summer or early autumn. With summer being the peak travel season, serious complications may arise as a result of this timing reality.
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July 04, 2024
NATURALIZATION OR CITIZENSHIP — Loss of or disqualification from citizenship — Grounds, misrepresentation
Application by Parvez for judicial review of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship’s (“Minister”) revocation of his Canadian citizenship. Parvez, a citizen of Bangladesh, was married to a Canadian permanent resident and had four Canadian minor children.
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July 03, 2024
New foreign worker legislation takes hold in Saskatchewan
The start of July saw new laws in Saskatchewan aimed at better protecting foreign workers from “exploitation” and enhancing the monitoring of the province’s immigration system.
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June 28, 2024
Veteran Toronto lawyer starts term as LSO treasurer
The Law Society of Ontario’s (LSO) new treasurer praised his predecessor, spoke of past accomplishments and talked about “ceremony, fellowship and policy.” The LSO’s June 28 Convocation featured remarks by newly elected treasurer Peter Wardle, a Toronto-based commercial litigation and professional liability lawyer who will serve in the role for the 2024-25 term.
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June 28, 2024
NATURALIZATION OR CITIZENSHIP — Requirements for grant of citizenship — Residency
Application by Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (“Minister”) for judicial review of the Citizenship Judge’s approval of Liu’s citizenship application. Liu, a Chinese citizen and permanent resident of Canada, applied for Canadian citizenship. A Citizenship Officer (“Officer”) found that Liu was short of the 1,095 required days of physical presence in Canada by 12 days hence was only present in Canada for 1,083 days during the relevant period. Liu admitted the shortfall.
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June 27, 2024
Canada sanctions ‘extremist settler violence’ against Palestinians
Canada has imposed sanctions on seven Israelis and five entities in Israel “in response to the grave breach of international peace and security posed by their violent and destabilizing actions against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank.”
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June 26, 2024
Gaza program increase raises security concerns | Sergio R. Karas
On May 27, 2024, Canada announced a significant expansion of its temporary resident visa (TRV) program for Gazans, increasing the number of visas from 1,000 to 5,000. This decision seems strange considering the security concerns raised by trying to screen individuals who have been under the rule of Hamas — a group designated as a terrorist organization by the Government of Canada.
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June 25, 2024
Canada sanctions Hamas ‘financiers’ in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel
Declaring “we stand with the Israeli people and call for the immediate release of all hostages,” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced dealings and entry bans of nine “financiers” of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and two Hamas-affiliated financial exchange companies, “effective immediately.”
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June 24, 2024
Liberal government’s ‘intransigence’ and undue secrecy spurs litigation: information commissioner
A recent ruling from the Federal Court affirming a disclosure-of-government records order by Canada’s Information Commissioner illustrates the growth in litigation highlighted by the commissioner's 2023-24 annual report to Parliament, a litigation trend she says is fuelled by the Trudeau government’s court challenges and flouting of her legally binding orders.
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June 24, 2024
Canada’s caregiver programs: Expectations and questions
On June 3, 2024, the minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the impending release of two new pilot programs for caregivers from abroad, expected in late 2024 or early 2025. This announcement came just weeks before the previous Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot program’s closure on June 17, 2024.