Immigration Fraudster Finally Caught After 10 Years
Director of Immigration Jim Metcalfe: You often read about criminals taking advantage of the immigration system for their own gain, but this one takes the cake for longevity:
Why Personal Injury Law?
Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Albert Conforzi Toronto personal injury lawyer Albert Conforzi: The choice of a specialty area in law is often somewhat random for young lawyers. They may be influenced by their teachers and peers, or perhaps television shows. It may depend on where they got an articling position right out of school. Sometimes, […]
25,000 Syrian Refugees In Canada By Year’s End? Unlikely
Director of Immigration Jim Metcalfe: One of the promises made during the recent federal election by incoming Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was that Canada would accept 25,000 refugees from the Middle East by the end of 2015.
5 Changes The Liberals Should Make To Canadian Immigration Procedures
US and Canadian Immigration Lawyer Andy Semotiuk: Now that the Liberal party has won the Canadian federal election, changes are sure to be coming to Canada’s immigration policy. For starters, Chris Alexander will no longer be the immigration minister – indeed, Alexander did not even keep his seat in Parliament.
British Citizen’s Refugee Application The Wrong Move
Toronto immigration lawyer Karen Kwan Anderson: Here’s an interesting case that involves the current hot topic of refugee resettlement. However, it’s not what you think, and in this case I don’t think refugee status was the way to go:
The Ontario Auto Insurance System Is “Fundamentally Broken”
An updated study of Ontario auto insurance, which was released on October 15, 2015, describes a system which is generating record profits for insurance companies, while overcharging drivers and failing to provide properly for accident victims. Professors Fred Lazar and Eli Prisman of York University’s Schulich School of Business conducted the study, which was commissioned […]
Surprise! Ontario Car Insurance Premiums Still Haven’t Been Lowered 15%
Toronto personal injury lawyer Albert Conforzi: If you’ve been reading my blog – but of course you have – then you’ll know that I’ve been following this story for quite a while. Two years, in fact: Auto insurance rates are down by an average of just under seven per cent in Ontario, much less than the 15 […]
Canadian Immigration System Should Give More Credit For Canadian Experience
US and Canadian Immigration Lawyer Andy Semotiuk: The below news article shows why current Canadian immigration policy surrounding skilled workers, Express Entry, and Labour Market Impact Assessments is unwieldy bordering on dysfunctional:
Canadian Immigration Numbers Need To Go Up
Toronto immigration lawyer Karen Kwan Anderson: A recent article in the Toronto Star talks about the declining number of immigrants who entered Canada in the past year:
Vaughan Tragedy Shows Stiffer Penalties Needed For Impaired Driving
In the wake of a tragic accident in Ontario this past Sunday that saw three children and a grandfather killed by a drunk driver, we find a woman in Nova Scotia being sentenced for driving drunk with her kids in the car: A Cole Harbour mother has been sentenced to nine months in jail for driving while […]