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In Khorsand v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 540, Madam Justice Aylen ruled that when assessing the mental health effects of removal it is insufficient for officers to simply state that the country of citizenship has medical facilities to deal with healthcare. Rather, officers must assess the actual evidence that it is the removal that can cause mental decline.

The issue of remote work and Canadian immigration is becomming an increasingly lively topic. Here are several IRCC e-mails on the matter. As well, here is another IRCC IMMreps response on the topic. Here are more IRCC e-mails confirming that it is possible to claim foreign work experience for work done remotely while in Canada.  

Over 300,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling on the government to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship. Is this possible, and should it be? We also discuss the ongoing saga about changes to the law and policy regarding citizenship by descent.

Chantal Desloges is an immigration lawyer in Toronto. We discuss what the various Liberal leadership candidates have pledged regarding Canadian immigration policy, with a focus on Mark Carney and a speech that he gave to the Century Initiative.

  Kubeir Kamal is a regulated immigration consultant in Toronto. In October, 2024, Quebec announced that it was limiting the number of foreign nationals invited from any one country in its Regular Skilled Worker Program to 25%. In February, 2025, Marc Miller said that Canadian post-secondary institutions need to be more diverse in their recruitment, noting that there would always be applicants from India. India is by far the number one source country of immigrants to Canada. How likely is it that Canada will cap applications from India? Should they? @3:00    Marc Miller recently commented that “there will always be applicants from India.” Is this true? @7:00    The data on top source countries for new immigrants to Canada and why India does so well. @11:00 Why are so many people seeking to leave Canada? Has Canada lived up to their expectations? Is there a difference in the likelihood of success of immigrating to Canada vs. the United States? @20:00 Thoughts on restricting and capping immigration based on country of citizenship. @32:00 Audience comments on capping immigration. I note that in the episode both Steven and Kubeir refer to the removal of STEM and Tech occupations as priority occupations in Express Entry. Not all STEM and … Read More

The following are statistics on H&C approval rates based on whether the person was removed before the decision. Here are processing stats as of October 2024.

In this episode, we break down IRCC’s practice of rejecting applications for incompleteness, often for minor technical issues. Effectively a form of stats manipulation, this practice creates a misleading picture of departmental efficiency while leaving applicants stranded, often forcing them to restart the process for trivial errors.

The following is a memo to the minister on the introduction of category based draws. Here is another Memorandum to the Minister on adding Education specific draws. IRCC IMMReps E-mails  

Misty Ty is a documentary film maker. Her father, Robert Ty, was the owner of a shipping company whose cargo ship, The Tung An, encountered a fishing vessel with over 200 people. Misty Ty was one of the children on that boat. The Vietnamese Boat People were refugees who fled Vietnam by sea after the fall of Saigon in 1975, escaping communist rule and persecution. Over one million people would flee. Several hundred thousand would perish due to storms, starvation, pirate attacks, and overcrowded boats. In response to the humanitarian crisis, Canada would introduce its private refugee sponsorship program, and resettle tens of thousands of Indochinese. Misty’s website for the project is thetungan.com. She would love to hear from anyone who was on, or whose relatives were on, the Tung An.

  Martin Levine was a Visa Officer and Analyst at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 1978 – 2009. He then worked as a contract employee as an ATIP Analyst for numerous federal departments. He previously appeared on Episodes #108 and #110. Towards the end of episode #110 Martin commented that he thought the immigration consultant profession shouldn’t exist. Steven said that this was a huge topic and probably deserved its own episode. In this episode Martin explains why he believes that Canada should abolish the immigration consultant profession. Steven and Deanna disagree. Numerous arguments and counter arguments are discussed.