Immigration
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June 03, 2024
Bill C-71 depreciates Canadian citizenship | Sergio R. Karas
On May 23, 2024, Immigration Minister Marc Miller introduced Bill C-71, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2024), in Canada’s Parliament. This bill aims to extend citizenship by descent beyond the first generation, allowing children of Canadian citizens born abroad to pass their citizenship on to their children. Further, Bill C-71 seeks to restore citizenship to “Lost Canadians” — individuals who lost or never acquired Canadian citizenship due to changes in the legislation.
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May 31, 2024
Border unions to enter mediated talks with federal government as possible strike looms
Federal government representatives and union leaders representing about 9,500 workers with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will begin mediated negotiations on June 3 in a bid to avert a summer strike, with wage increases and early retirement among the sticking points.
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May 31, 2024
New associate joins Mathews Dinsdale Toronto
A recent news release from Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP announced the addition of Junggun Park as an associate in the firm’s Toronto office.
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May 30, 2024
MPs call for automatic renewed work & study permits for Hong Kongers; 97.6% get permanent residence
The Commons citizenship and immigration committee has urged Ottawa to “immediately automatically renew open work permits and study permits” for Hong Kong nationals as they wait in Canada for their permanent resident applications to be decided by the immigration department, which has more than 10,000 applications awaiting disposition.
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May 28, 2024
Feds increase application allowance for Gaza extended family visas
Canada has announced that it has increased the number of visa applications that will be accepted for processing under the temporary special measures for Palestinian extended family in Gaza from 1,000 to 5,000.
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May 28, 2024
Keep the peace and be of good behaviour | Norman Douglas
I ordered thousands of people to do that.
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May 24, 2024
Unionized border workers vote 96 per cent in favour of strike action
The unions representing Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) workers are raising the spectre of summer travel delays and supply chain disruptions in the wake of a strong strike vote.
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May 24, 2024
Ontario Convocation talks criminal charge disclosure, heats up over bullying, money for diversity
A committee with Ontario’s law society is considering recommending that the regulator expand the amount of lawyer information it makes public — including if a member has been hit with criminal charges.
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May 23, 2024
Ottawa offers ‘temporary’ support to beleaguered families of Haitian-Canadians, permanent residents
The federal government has announced “temporary measures” to support family members of Canadian citizens or permanent residents who have left Haiti, as well as Haitian nationals already in Canada who are currently unable to return home.
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May 23, 2024
Ottawa proposes Citizenship Act reforms that create new framework for ‘citizenship by descent’
Ottawa has proposed an overhaul of the federal Citizenship Act, which the minority Liberal government says includes a new framework for “citizenship by descent,” going forward, that would allow persons born abroad to Canadians beyond the first generation to access Canadian citizenship based on a “substantial connection” to Canada.