Immigration
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March 15, 2024
Supreme Court rules limited statutory rights of appeal do not preclude access to judicial review
In a 9-0 judgment supportive of litigants’ access to judicial review, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a limited statutory right of appeal in a case does not preclude judicial review for matters not the subject of appeal, i.e. where there is an appeal right limited to questions of law, judicial review is available for questions of fact or mixed fact and law.
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March 14, 2024
FCA upholds refusal to certify class action against Ottawa alleging discriminatory immigration fees
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the non-certification and striking out of claims of a proposed class action which contends that certain application fees for Canadian citizenship and permanent residence are analogous to a discriminatory “head tax” on those not born in Canada, in violation of the Charter’s s. 15(1) equality rights guarantee.
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March 13, 2024
Wellness: A night at the theater | Darryl Singer
On a recent trip to Florida, I had the opportunity to see (for the fourth time) the excellent, award-winning musical Come From Away. For those who don’t know, the play takes place from Sept. 11, 2001 and the following five days in Gander, NL. It follows the townspeople and a number of the “plane people” whose flights were forced to land in Gander when U.S. airspace was closed. There were 38 commercial flights carrying 7,000 people from all over the world that landed. Gander had never been so diverse — thousands of people of all races, nationalities, religions, languages, and political stripes.
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March 12, 2024
More jails? | Norman Douglas
There are more than 60 retired Ontario Court judges on our private chat line. Most of us are wiser than when we were appointed. We have over a thousand years of hands-on experience in crime and punishment.
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March 11, 2024
Federal ombud aims to drive ‘urgent reforms’ to justice system’s treatment of sex assault survivors
Asserting that the criminal justice system has “normalized” its infliction of pain on sexual assault survivors, the federal ombudsperson for crime victims says his office’s new systemic investigation of their experiences aims to make recommendations “to integrate a trauma-informed and victim-centred approach in the criminal justice system.”
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March 11, 2024
Federal Foreign Interference Commission to hold public hearings in Ottawa in March, April
The federal Foreign Interference Commission, led by Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, will begin the first stage of its public hearings March 27 in Ottawa, with the public hearings expected to run until April 10.
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March 08, 2024
Canada announces new sanctions targeting two Iranian officials
Canada is imposing new sanctions against two Iranian officials over their roles in the violent repression of Iranian women and girls.
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March 08, 2024
National Uprising Day: Courage, resilience, continued struggle for Tibet | Karma T. Youngdue
On March 10, Tibetans worldwide solemnly observe the Tibetan National Uprising Day, which marks a pivotal moment in Tibetan history. This year, the commemoration marks the 65th anniversary of the uprising. On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans in Lhasa staged a courageous uprising against Chinese occupation of Tibet, protesting the erosion of their cultural identity and oppressive policies. The Chinese response was swift and brutal, resulting in the loss of many Tibetan lives and forcing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama into exile in India.
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March 07, 2024
Ottawa to launch new rural and Francophone-minority community immigration pilot programs in fall
The federal government says it will launch next “fall” two separate immigration pilot programs, in support of rural communities and Francophone-minority communities.
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March 07, 2024
Modernizing national security laws could also clarify threshold to invoke Emergencies Act: LeBlanc
Ottawa is considering reforming the threshold for invoking the federal Emergencies Act, as part of a broader “more holistic review of national security legislation,” with the Liberal government committed to introducing amendments to “modernize” the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Act, the Security of Information Act, and the Criminal Code “in the coming months,” says Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc.