A discussion of the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers program, a program which provides ppen work permit for vulnerable foreign workers who are victims of abuse. We also discuss access to justice issues.

Jonathan Braun and Amanda Aziz are lawyers who work at the Migrant Workers Centre, an organization in Vancouver that promotes and advances access to justice for migrant workers by providing legal services, advocacy, research, public education and engaging in law and policy reform initiatives.

Juliana Dalley is a lawyer at the Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic, the only legal clinic in British Columbia specializing in immigration and refugee maters.

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Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed is an immigration lawyer in Toronto. She can be found on X at @ZeynabZiaie

We discuss Chinook, AI triage and IRCC's Integrity Trend Analysis Tool.

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Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing in migration and human rights.

We discuss her recent book, The Walls Have Eyes Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Topics include the use of technology at borders, surveillance, the role of the private sector, the border industrial complex, Palantir and other companies, whether countries may withdraw from refugee conventions, ankle monitoring, UNHCR camps, the Belarus-Poland border, and more.

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Mikal Skuterud is a Professor at the University of Waterloo.

We discuss the impact of immigration on housing prices, foreign workers, lumping Francophone migration objectives under economic immigration, international graduates facing barriers to immigrating and more.

Mikal's previous appearance on Borderlines can be downloaded here.

The former immigration minister interviews that Mikal mentions include Chris Alexander, John McCallum and Sergio Marchi.

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Canada's Federal Court is conducting a review of its rules. We discuss some of the proposals, which include letting consultants do judicial review, an upcomming pilot project to simplify judicial reviews, whether filing fees should be increased, ways to reduce the number of judicial reviews, and more.

Cheryl Robinson is an immigration lawyer in Ontario.

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Frances Mahon is a criminal defense lawyer in Vancouver at Pender Litigation.

Connie Campbell is an immigration lawyer at Edelmann & Co.

We discuss the law of prostitution / sex worker in Canada in the criminal context, restrictions on foreign nationals finding employment in industries such as massage parlours and strip clubs and whether foreign nationals can set up Only Fans accounts.

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Lev Abramovich is a Canadian immigration lawyer in Toronto.

We discuss ongoing security screening delays at IRCC, particularly for Chinese and Iranian nationals, mandamus applications, the expanded definition of espionage in Canadian immigration law, and how recently legislation to combat foreign interference in Canada may further hinder access to justice.

Previous episodes discussing this growing issue include Episode #85 and Episode #96.

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Martin Levine was a Visa Officer and Analyst at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 1978 - 2009. He then worked as a contract employee as an ATIP Analyst for numerous federal departments. He previously appeared on Episode #108.

We discuss locally engaged staff, reconsideration requests, recording visa office interviews, IRCC office politics, visa officers as police officers vs. social workers, rude lawyers and whether people should join the civil service.

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Kyla Lee is a criminal defense lawyer at Acumen Law and the host of the Driving Law podcast.

In this episode Kyla answers dozens of questions about common driving offenses, including impaired driving and dangerous driving. Topics include how these offenses work, roadside prohibitions vs. criminal charges, defenses to impaired driving charges, distracted driving and more.

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