Edelmann & Co. Law

A progressive immigration and criminal law firm based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

[Nicholas Keung 姜巧樂 @nkeung]

She's still haunted by metal clanking sounds & green outfits that remind her of her days in #ImmigrationDetention. She joined the campaign to end detaining migrants in jails and is pleased all provinces have committed to ending their arrangements w/#CBSA.
https://t.co/hmEDb58GJJ

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

The #SCC granted leave in Pepa, an immigration case about the arbitrary stripping of IAD humanitarian appeal rights through a visa expiry caused by officer delays and admin reliance on obiter to interpret important statutory provisions https://t.co/a1HLokfabD #cdnimmi

[Supreme Court of Canada @SCC_eng]

Today, the Supreme Court decided the following leave applications. https://t.co/RTn6ErDHXx

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

https://t.co/3OBvHb37A6 Ottawa told a permanent resident his wife couldn't evacuate from Gaza. Important advocacy being done by Randall Cohn around Canada's immi humanitarian response for families in Gaza.

[Steven Meurrens @smeurrens]

Here is the video recording of Borderlines Podcast #89, about the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration).

The issue in this case was whether a permanent resident or foreign national can be inadmissible to Canada for security reasons if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the foreign national has engaged, or may engage, in violence against Canadians, and the violence does not pertain to national security.

Inadmissibility for security reasons does not require a criminal conviction. Once it has been determined that someone is inadmissible for security reasons, they are unable to benefit from any humanitarian or compassionate considerations.

[Nicholas Keung 姜巧樂 @nkeung]

Legal experts said @SCC_eng decision will help restrict authorities/government tribunals from casting net too widely to capture people they want out of the country & account for #deportation decisions. #SupremeCourt #Inadmissibility #Canada #admissibility
https://t.co/GOG1oA3fCQ

[Nicholas Keung 姜巧樂 @nkeung]

In a unanimous judgment, @SCC_eng says if #Canada is going to #deport a foreign national on “#security grounds,” officials must show the person poses a national security threat to the country and not just any threat.
https://t.co/xorSi12dzf

[Supreme Court of Canada @SCC_eng]

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeals in Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration). It quashed immigration decisions that found two foreign nationals inadmissible to Canada. Read the plain language summary: https://t.co/8E2PfaAGjM. #CdnLaw #Immigration

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

Mason SCC appeal allowed, confirming "a single reasonable interpretation" in this important context: a person can be inadmissible under s. 34(1)(e) only if they engage in acts of violence with a nexus to national security or the security of Canada. https://t.co/6yAGbBeA7B

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

Registry correction: Wednesday Sept 27 :)

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

Decision to come on Mason v MCI next Thursday Sept 27, 2023

[Nicholas Keung 姜巧樂 @nkeung]

(#Immigration) applicants & counsels unable to obtain information they are seeking about immigration application files through other means, hence they are forced to submit formal #ATIP requests, which basically creates more work for #IRCC
https://t.co/tHvmBZsRJV

[Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers @CARLadvocates]

Breaking news -- Ontario to stop holding immigration detainees in provincial jails. Huge congratulations to @HRWcanada and @amnestyca for their incredible advocacy.

https://t.co/dxWCMAA6Kj @SamerMuscati @Hanna_Gros @AllanMRock @lloydaxworthy

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

A new blog post from one of our lawyers, Molly Joeck, and her coauthor Efrat Arbel! Joeck and Arbel provide an update on their research into immi detention and COVID-19. Definitely worth a read! https://t.co/B1zjhOvRfE

[CBA Immigration Law @CBA_Immigration]

The @CBA_Immigration applauds the federal support and funding announcement for Legal Aid!

https://t.co/89EskIcvP9

[Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers @CARLadvocates]

The Canada-U.S. border deal won't solve the refugee crisis, Montreal groups say. Maureen Silcoff offers her thoughts on the expended #STCA. @ReneBruemmer follows this issue. https://t.co/7CfkOo8Xta

[Sarah L. Boyd @SarahLBoydLLB]

#STCA fallout: MP Tom Kmiec moved on March 27 that the Minister appear to explain what on earth happened https://t.co/8cr0I7lKdY

[Nicholas Keung 姜巧樂 @nkeung]

#RoxhamRoad was portrayed as a crisis. Lost in such political machinations were the true crises — violence, economic hardships, natural disasters — that upend families, forcing them to embark on perilous journeys to another country to start anew. #STCA
https://t.co/SravCFO2ON

[Sarah L. Boyd @SarahLBoydLLB]

#STCA fallout: Lay people keep asking me how the law could have changed without any warning to any stakeholders. The answer is that we are used to a (still inadequate) level of transparency that is allowed as a matter of POLICY not law.

[Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers @CARLadvocates]

Media Release – The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) is deeply concerned by the Federal Government’s expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement.

[Edelmann & Co. Law @EdelmannLaw]

À Vancouver, des travailleurs migrants réclament la résidence permanente https://t.co/JeMxVAE27N