Borderlines
Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Nachoff
A podcast for the discussion of Canadian immigration law and policy, although we often delve into other topics. Each episode features 2-3 lawyers, academics, politicians, and stakeholders discussing current migration issues.
Hosted by Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Nachoff, two immigration lawyers in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All episodes
Best episodes
Top 10 Borderlines Episodes
Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Borderlines episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Borderlines for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Borderlines episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
10/16/24 • 57 min
Mike Moffatt is the Senior Director of Policy and Innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute and an Assistant Professor in the Business, Economics and Public Policy group at Ivey Business School, Western University. He is the host of the Missing Middle podcast.
1:20 Mike speech to the Liberal Cabinet in August 2024 on the impacts of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program on housing.
5:15 Mike’s thoughts on recent changes to the TFWP.
6:45 What is the impact of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program on housing in Canada?
8:00 Zoning and development fees.
13:00 What level of immigration would be ideal in order to reduce the impact on housing?
18:30 The unintended consequence of promoting international students as being the pathway to permanent residence.
24:00 Are recent changes to Canada’s international student program the end for private colleges?
28:00 Is the recent decline in rents attributable to the international student program changes?
34:00 Should there be a hard cap on Canada’s foreign worker programs, and stats manipulation.
48:00 Distinctions between new foreign workers and companies trying to retain existing ones.
54:00 How does Mike respond to allegations that he is anti-immigrant.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09/18/24 • 56 min
Sam Cooper is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author. He is the founder of The Bureau, and his book, Wilful Blindness - How a Criminal network of narcos, tycoons and Chinese Communist Party agents infiltrated the West, debuted as a #1-seller on Amazon, in Canada.
We discuss the United Front, foreign interference in Canada, Canadian enforcement issues, IRCC casting a wide security screening net that seems to encompass all Chinese with STEM backgrounds, Parliamentarians allegedly involved in collusion with foreign governments, international students voting in nomination ridings, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, 3/PLA and whether things are improving.
Published cases involving inadmissibility to Canada due to membership in either the United Front or the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office include Meng v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), Zhang v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) and Gao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration).
Li v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 1753 is the decision in which the Chief Justice of the Federal Court expanded the definition of espionage to include those who may be coerced by China into providing information.
The past Borderlines episode where we mentioned Lai Changxing can be found here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08/14/24 • 61 min
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Episode 2 - Railway to Exclusion Part 1 - Chinese Migration to Canada - 1850-1885
Borderlines
07/09/24 • 180 min
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08/27/24 • 49 min
We discuss various types of US visa refusals, including administrative processing and ESTA cancellations, and the uncertainty in Canadian immigration law of whether these constitute refusals that need to be disclosed in applications. Also covered are denials of entry to the United States, with a particular focus on what actually happens at US Customs and Border Patrol when someone flagpoles.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07/12/24 • 84 min
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06/25/24 • 43 min
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07/28/16 • 49 min
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/22 • 71 min
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/18/24 • 48 min
This episode orginally aired on October 28, 2016.
A discussion of the role of immigration on the Vancouver housing market.
Tom Davidoff is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business. He is frequently cited in the Vancouver media as being an expert on Vancouver's housing market, and was part of a team of nine academics who created the B.C. Housing Affordability Fund proposal. He can be found on Twitter @TomDavidoff
David Eby is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey, and was previously the Executive Director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. He is a passionate advocate for making Vancouver a more affordable place to live. He can be found on Twitter @Dave_Eby
The questions that we discussed in the podcast are:
What has been going on in the Vancouver housing market?
How fast have prices been rising? Is there evidence that foreign investment / foreign funds has been the cause of the increase in Vancouver housing prices?
What data is there regarding the amount of foreign home ownership in Vancouver?
What is the property transfer tax, and what are the new rules on how it applies to foreign buyers?
Is there evidence that high housing prices impacts the rental market? Does it matter if the landlord is a Canadian or a foreigner?
Why should high housing prices matter? Why should people think that they should be able to live in a market that they cannot afford?
Should we move beyond the paradigm of valuing single detached homes? What role do international students play in the increase in housing prices?
Does the fear of being accused of racism prevent government from addressing the issue of high prices?
Is real estate such an integral part of the British Columbia economy such that high prices are now "too big to fail?"
Should we move beyond the paradigm of valuing home ownership?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Show more best episodes
Show more best episodes
FAQ
How many episodes does Borderlines have?
Borderlines currently has 137 episodes available.
What topics does Borderlines cover?
The podcast is about News, Immigration and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Borderlines?
The episode title '#115 - The Walls Have Eyes, Artificial Intelligence in Border Surveillance, with Petra Molnar' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Borderlines?
The average episode length on Borderlines is 68 minutes.
How often are episodes of Borderlines released?
Episodes of Borderlines are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Borderlines?
The first episode of Borderlines was released on Jul 14, 2016.
Show more FAQ
Show more FAQ