Immigration
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January 13, 2025
Changes to permanent residency selection create anxiety for applicants
On Dec. 17, 2024, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced that Express Entry candidates would no longer receive additional points in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) for holding a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) based job offer. This change will come into effect in the spring of 2025 but is already causing anxiety among permanent residency applicants.
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January 10, 2025
Canada announces additional sanctions on Venezuelan officials in wake of disputed election
The federal government has announced it is imposing new sanctions on 14 current and former senior officials in the government of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in for a third six-year term Jan. 10 following a disputed election and despite U.S.-led sanctions.
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January 10, 2025
Yukon launches project to address healthcare worker shortage
Yukon’s government has launched an initiative aimed at making it easier for foreign-trained health-care professionals to practise in the northern territory.
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January 10, 2025
Impact of Trudeau’s departure on future immigration policies | Colin Singer
Justin Trudeau’s resignation as Canada’s prime minister marks a significant turning point for the nation’s immigration policies. It was these policies that largely accounted for his meteoric downfall. Currently, the Conservative Party of Canada’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, has an insurmountable 29 percentage point lead in public opinion polls, the Wall Street Journal reported on January 7.
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January 09, 2025
Immigration options for religious workers
In the past few years, it has become difficult to prepare immigration strategies for religious workers due to the length of time it takes for religious worker green cards to be approved. The delay is new and does not make a lot of sense.
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January 09, 2025
Uncertainty surrounds citizenship by descent laws due to prorogation of Parliament
As the current Parliament session has been prorogued until March 24, 2025, the federal government will be unable to meet the extended deadline to implement changes to Canada's citizenship by descent laws, which the Ontario Superior Court of Justice had set to be March 19, 2025.
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January 08, 2025
Incumbent on Ontario lawyers to be aware of new rules and regs to better serve clients: lawyer
New year, new rules. A suite of new regulations and statutes have come into force in Ontario as of Jan. 1, running the gamut from cannabis retailing to rules for workers to child protection and building codes.
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January 07, 2025
‘Establishment’ evidence can by itself underpin successful H & C permanent residence claims: judge
A judge has disagreed with — and declined to follow — an established principle that is arguably “settled law” in Federal Court, which holds that evidence of a foreign national’s “establishment” in Canada cannot by itself be determinative of humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) applications for permanent residence.
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January 07, 2025
Being a lawyer is like a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie
Although we currently live in the world where making a living from going viral on social media platforms is a goal of many, education and professional designations still count for something. In Canada, being a lawyer remains a prestigious profession. In 2024,7,057 individuals applied to law schools in Canada, which represents a 6.5 per cent increase of applicants from 2023.The general public assumes that most lawyers are high earners. However, having a law degree and a law license does not automatically mean that a lawyer will be successful.
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January 06, 2025
Government bills die on order paper as Parliament prorogues, Justin Trudeau announces departure as PM
After more than nine years as Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau announced that Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025, and that he will step down as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada once his successor has been chosen “through a robust nationwide competitive process.”