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In this lecture Shelley Levine discusses the distinction between Immigration and Refugee Law.  

Legacy Cases – The Final Chapter? For those not familiar with the issue, back in 2012, Canada radically reformed our refugee system in a number of ways including changes affecting who hears refugee claims and perhaps most significantly reducing the wait times for such cases to be heard. Cases at that time were taking anywhere […]

Introduction of New Law Legacy Claims – The forgotten Refugees – UPDATE It has now been about 18 months since the Liberals came to power with the promise of unwinding some of the more Draconian Immigration amendments which were introduced by the former Harper government. In July 2016, I published an article on the status […]

Immigration Minister Hussen must take immediate steps to un-designate the U.S. as a Safe Third Country! Canada’s refugee law is premised on the idea that Canada provides protection to those who have no other place to receive protection. On the basis of this philosophy it follows that if a refugee passes through a “safe” country […]

Best Small Public Spaces #7 Ryerson Community Park Clients seeking to immigrate to Canada often ask me why they should choose Toronto. In response to these frequent queries I thought I would create some top 10 lists of my favourite things in Toronto. These lists won’t include the typical tourist sights which anyone can Google, […]

Best Small Public Spaces #8 Corktown Commons Clients seeking to immigrate to Canada often ask me why they should choose Toronto. In response to these frequent queries I thought I would create some top 10 lists of my favourite things in Toronto. These lists won’t include the typical tourist sights which anyone can Google, but […]

Best Small Public Spaces #9 St. James Parks – King & Church Clients seeking to immigrate to Canada often ask me why they should choose Toronto. In response to these frequent queries I thought I would create a top 10 list of my favourite things about Toronto. Not the CN Tower or Ripley’s which anyone […]

Best Small Public Spaces #10 Sculpture Garden – King & Church Clients seeking to immigrate to Canada often ask me why they should choose Toronto. In response to these frequent queries I thought I would create a top 10 list of my favourite things about Toronto. Not the CN Tower or Ripley’s which anyone can […]

Introduction of New Law In December 2012 Immigration completely revamped the refugee system.  Perhaps the most dramatic change, was to statutorily require that most new refugee claims complete within 60 days of the claimant’s arrival in Canada.  This timeline compares with the 1 to 3 year waits claimants faced prior to the introduction of the […]

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