Immigration

  • July 05, 2024

    N.S. having municipalities, villages develop racism, inequity plans

    Nova Scotia is requiring its municipalities and villages to develop plans to address racism, inequity and hate.

  • July 05, 2024

    Legal aid certificates in Alberta will end July 9 unless new agreement is reached

    Alarm bells are being raised across Alberta’s justice sector about the potential stoppage of legal aid services in the province.

  • July 05, 2024

    Canada’s Capital Gains Tax and the exodus to the U.S.

    There may be a change coming to the way Canada taxes capital gains. While Prime Minister Justine Trudeau claims it will affect a minuscule percentage of Canadians, it has more than a minuscule percentage of Canadian taxpayers on edge. The new taxing regime is complex, with 56 pages of guidance. While some taxpayers are already subject to a capital gains tax inclusion rate (meaning the amount of capital gain that is currently included in computing a taxpayer’s income) of 50 per cent on their realized gains, the capital gains inclusion rate under the taxing regime will exceed 66 per cent on some assets in certain circumstances.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.”

  • 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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