Immigration
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August 13, 2024
Failed Albanian refugee claimants get new H&C review of Canadian-born kids’ best interests
The Federal Court has quashed the denial of an Albanian couple’s application for permanent residence that is based on humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds because the immigration officer didn’t properly take into account the best interests of the pair’s two Canadian children but, instead, wrongly applied a more onerous “hardship” test.
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August 09, 2024
Canada sanctions Belarusian judges complicit in Lukashenko regime’s jailing of political prisoners
Canada and its allies have imposed asset freezes and immigration bans on certain Belarusian judges and others who facilitate repression and violations of human rights in their country, including jailing hundreds of political prisoners at the behest of President Alexander Lukashenko’s illegitimate regime.
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August 09, 2024
Federal Court upholds Ottawa’s decision to sanction oil billionaire with ties to Russia
Oil billionaire Igor Makarov will be staying on Canada’s sanctions list for now.
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August 08, 2024
‘Least serious’ CJC sanction for judge who donated to Liberals after joining bench sparks criticism
Ethics experts are criticizing the Canadian Judicial Council’s (CJC) imposition of what the council calls its “least serious” and “lowest level” sanction on an Ontario Superior Court judge whose political donations to the federal Liberals, after the Trudeau government appointed her to the bench, were exposed by the media.
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August 06, 2024
Canada brings new measures to reduce foreign worker use in the country
In an announcement today, Canada said it has made clear that the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program “cannot be used to circumvent hiring talented workers in Canada” and that the government “will take further action to weed out misuse and fraud within the system.”
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August 01, 2024
Esther’s legal odyssey: A call for accessible justice | Alexandar Pavlov
African Muslim women in Canada often face unique legal dilemmas, especially when involved in common-law relationships.
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July 31, 2024
New associate joins Mathews Dinsdale Halifax
A recent news release announced that Sarah Gray has joined Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP as an associate.
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July 30, 2024
Counsel contend Ottawa’s spate of judicial appointments might make novel constitutional appeal moot
Lawyers who won a groundbreaking Federal Court declaration that recognized a “constitutional convention that judicial vacancies on the provincial superior courts and federal courts must be filled within a reasonable time” contend Ottawa’s appeal should be dismissed as moot if the Trudeau government gets federal judicial vacancies down to the reasonable level set by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown last February.
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July 29, 2024
Artists and entertainers: Options for working in the U.S.
If you’ve ever known a professional artist or entertainer, you probably understand what their main focus is: their creativity. Regardless of industry or genre, it’s crucial that artists and entertainers spend as much time as possible creating content, exploring new frontiers and otherwise innovating. The last thing that artists or entertainers want to think about is the dull logistics of immigration requirements — but not doing so can have deep consequences.
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July 26, 2024
Upcoming federal election: What does it mean for private clients?
Our last federal election was Sept. 20, 2021, and constitutional and statutory provisions require that the next federal election must be held no more than five years after a preceding election and by the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the date of the previous election, which means on or before October 20, 2025. That of course means that, while election fervour and fever continue to escalate south of the border, Canada will soon follow.