All Episodes

#136 - National Security and Immigration Law, with the Honourable Richard Mosley (Retired Justice of the Federal Court)

[Repost] #10 – Canadian National Security Law, Bill C-51 and Trudeau's Reforms, with Professor Kent Roach

#135 - Baffling Immigration Rules and CILA's Statement on Consultants

#134 - Standing Committee Report on Temporary Foreign Workers

#133 - Restoration of Status and TRPs

#132 - Cessation

#131 - Cutting Immigration Levels

#130 - Challenges and Benefits of Hiring Immigrants, with Alice Craft

[Repost] #7 - The impact of immigration on the Vancouver housing market, with David Eby and Tom Davidoff

#129 - Is Record Immigration Hurting Canada's Middle Class?, with Mike Moffatt

#128 - An Interview with Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2008-2012

[Repost] #44 - An Interview with Chris Alexander, Canada's Immigration Minister from 2013-2015

#127 - Maintaining Permanent Residence and Changes to Citizenship by Descent

#126 - How are We Dealing with Refugees (Eating our Pets), with Christopher Anders

#125 - Chinese Interference, the United Front, and Visa Delays, with Sam Cooper

#124 - Flagpoling, with Arshdeep Kahlon

#123 - Spousal Sponsorship Interviews and Appeals, with Raj Sharma

#122 - US Visa Refusals, Administrative Processing, ESTA Cancellations and Flagpoling, with Andrew Hayes

#121 - Top Federal Court Immigration Cases

#120 - Is Canadian Immigration Policy Broken, with Siavash Shekarian

#119 - Canada's Caregiver Programs

#118 - Suing Immigration Consultants and Lawyers, with Eoin Logan

#117 - Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers and Access to Justice issues

History Episode 2 - Railway to Exclusion Part 1 - Chinese Migration to Canada - 1850-1885

#116 - Chinook, AI Triaging and ITAT, with Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed

#115 - The Walls Have Eyes, Artificial Intelligence in Border Surveillance, with Petra Molnar

#114 - Are Immigration Policies Hurting Canada's Economy, with Mikal Skuterud

#113 - Improving Judicial Review, with Cheryl Robinson

#112 - Sex Work, Only Fans and Canadian Immigration

#111 - Security Screening Delays and Chinese Espionage Allegations, with Lev Abramovich

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

#109 - DUIs and Dangerous Driving, with Kyle Lee

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

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

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

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

#106 - Customs Law, Border Seizures and Loss of NEXUS, with Samuel Hyman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#97 - Statelesness, with Jamie Chai Yun Liew

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

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

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

#93 - Business Immigration, with Robin Seligman

#92 - The Deportation of Permanent Residents for Serious Criminality

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#84 - Thoughts on Starting and Immigration Law Firm, with Will Tao

#83 - Is the Canadian Immigration Dream Fading, with Kubeir Kamal

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

#81 - Artificial Intelligence and Differential Decision Outcome Concerns, with Sean Rehaag

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

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

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

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

#76 - Differential Treatment as a Breach of Procedural Fairness, with Pantea Jafari

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

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

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

#72 - Misrepresentation

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

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

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

#68 - The Economic Pros and Cons of Canadian Immigration, with Mikal Skuterud

#67 - Is IRCC Systemically Biased Against People from Africa, with Gideon Christian

#66 - R v. Khill and the Law of Self Defense in Canada, with Sarah Runyon

#65 - AMA - Processing Delays, IRCC Transparency, AI, Family Class Issues and More

#64 - Artificial Intelligence Deciding Visa Applications, Part 2, with Aditya Mohan

#63 - Artificial Intelligence Deciding Visa Applications, with Mario Bellissimo

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

#61 - What Constitutes Sexual Assault in Canada, with Sarah Runyon

#60 - Where Canada's Political Parties Stand on Immigration in 2021, with Chantal Desloges

#59 - Authorization to Work Without a Work Permit, with Cristina Guida

#58 - Myths About Canadian Immigration Law, with Marina Sedai

#57 - Mandamus Applications, with Adrienne Smith

#56 - Responding to Deportation Letters, with Michael Greene

#55 - Risk Salience and Unconscious Bias in Decision Making, with Hilary Evans Cameron

#54 - Building the Law Career that You Want, with Dennis McCrea

#53 - Thoughts on Starting a Career in Immigration Law, with Joshua Sohn

#52 - Ranking Economic Immigrants and Listener Q&A, with Professor Asha Kaushal

#51 - Inadmissibility to Canada for Committing a Criminal Offence, with Sania Chaudhry

#50 - Membership in a Terrorist Organization and Immigration, with Hart Kaminker

#49 - The Supreme Court of Canada decision in Chieu and the Ribic Factors

#48 - Responding to Procedural Fairness Letters, with Raj Sharma

#47 - Universal Basic Income and Canadian Immigration

#46 - An Interview with Sergio Marchi, Canada's Immigration Minister from 1993-1995