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.

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.

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:

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:

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:

Jim Metcalfe – Director of Immigration: At last the government of Canada has made a commitment to start processing Syrian and Iraqi refugees. This no doubt comes as a response to mounting international and domestic pressure for Canada to do something after initially dragging their feet on the issue:

Senior immigration advisor Klaudios Mustakas: Is there something wrong with the way new Canadian passports are being made? A report from the CBC says that there is:

US and Canadian Immigration Lawyer Andy Semotiuk: As the son of a post-World War II refugee, I have great sympathy for the hundreds of thousands of refugees currently crossing southern Europe into Germany.

In the past few years there have been a number of arrests at the border involving people with illicit images on their laptops and other electronic devices.

Jim Metcalfe – Director of Immigration: After over a week of saying nothing about the Syrian refugee crisis, the Canadian government finally said that they are going to increase the number of refugees to be accepted into Canada: