tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360705742024-03-16T03:07:55.998-04:00Thinking Out LoudSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.comBlogger450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-83695327519736142522018-11-06T11:40:00.001-05:002018-11-06T11:40:55.396-05:00Galamay MagdayGalamay Magday v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 FC 1087Judge: AnnisDate Heard/Decided: September 19/October 30, 2018Applicant’s Counsel: Massood JoomrattyMinister’s Counsel: Tasneem Karbani (DOJ)Tribunal Reviewed: Unnamed officer, Consulate General of Canada in Hong KongThe Applicant applied for a work permit as a live-in caregiver (LIC). The officer questioned the bone fides of the Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-17838729518067033902018-09-06T16:46:00.001-04:002018-09-06T16:46:20.980-04:00You should be using ZoteroAssuming that everyone else is, like me, constantly going down the research rabbit-hole and finding stuff that’s interesting but not applicable – and then a week later knowing you had something for this but you can’t find it anymore: Zotero to the rescue.Zotero is a light weight, free, research source management tool, available for multiple platforms. I use it with a Google Chrome add-on, Zotero Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-11524851804681986502017-12-16T15:53:00.001-05:002017-12-16T15:53:09.458-05:00Toronto Star article: “Teresa Gratton’s final days, in her own words”Brenden Kennedy, “Teresa Gratton’s final days, in her own words”, Toronto Star, 16 December 2017Live link: https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2017/12/16/teresa-grattons-final-days-in-her-own-words.htmlArchive link: http://web.archive.org/web/20171216174831/https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2017/12/16/teresa-grattons-final-days-in-her-own-words.htmlSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-2674230602863062052017-03-16T21:29:00.001-04:002017-03-16T21:29:06.490-04:00February 2017 pro-immigrant cases Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 132; http://canlii.ca/t/h03cj; February 2, 2017; Barnes J.; refusal of application under Federal Skilled Worker Express Entry Program Aslanyan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 133; http://canlii.ca/t/gxbpq; February 3, 2017; Strickland J.; refusal of application for an open work permit Toribio v. Canada (Citizenship and Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-79824707137670235132017-03-16T20:37:00.001-04:002017-03-16T20:37:12.389-04:00Danyi: discounting psychological assessmentsDanyi v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2017 FC 112 Boswell J., 30 January 2017, online at: http://canlii.ca/t/gxhhr Decision under review: Refusal to defer removal For Applicants: Richard Wazana (Wazana Law, Toronto) For Respondent: Tamrat Gebeyehu, Dept. of Justice (Toronto) The Applicants were a Roma family, citizens of Hungary, who had exhausted all avenues for protectionSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-46362783934298418162017-03-07T00:00:00.001-05:002017-03-07T00:00:49.203-05:00Aslanyan: ignoring evidenceAslanyan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 133 Strickland J., 3 February 2017, online at: http://canlii.ca/t/gxbpq Decision under review: Refusal of overseas application for work permit as a spouse of a study permit holder For Applicant: Aleksei Grachev (Toronto) For Respondent: Tamrat Gebeyehu, Dept. of Justice (Toronto) The Applicant’s spouse was in Canada on a study permit, and Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-39494640975053932262017-03-06T23:46:00.001-05:002017-03-06T23:46:46.681-05:00Singh: failure to engage with evidence after fairness letterSingh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 132 Barnes, 2 February 2017, online at: http://canlii.ca/t/h03cj Decision under review: Refusal of application under Federal Skilled Worker/Express Entry Program For Applicant: Raj Sharma, Stewart Sharma Harsanyi (Calgary) For Respondent: Gwen MacIsaac, Dept. of Justice (Saskatoon) The Applicant applied under FSW/EE, as a financial auditor/Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-28297253917997128802016-12-30T17:33:00.000-05:002016-12-30T17:33:03.064-05:00Participatory Government, December 30, 2016
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C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-30346604332418447382016-12-19T14:45:00.000-05:002016-12-19T14:45:14.618-05:00Varga v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 494
Varga v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 494
May 10, 2013, Justice Rennie
This case includes helpful analysis on two main points: ignoring grounds (including standard of review) and dealing with a hostile decision maker. There is also a comment on when it is innappropriate to impugn a failure to produce corroborating evidence.
Ignoring Grounds
The Applicants were a Roma Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-35348440001629265132016-12-15T15:11:00.001-05:002016-12-15T15:11:15.325-05:00Participating in Government, December 15, 2016
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S-226, Justice for Victims of Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-87993435714132717692015-03-10T21:47:00.001-04:002015-03-10T21:47:34.968-04:00REPOSTED: TPS racial profiling and carding: OHRC deputation at November 18, 2013 public meeting inviting public comment on PACER report and Mukherjee report | Ontario Human Rights CommissionTPS racial profiling and carding: OHRC deputation at November 18, 2013 public meeting inviting public comment on PACER report and Mukherjee report | Ontario Human Rights CommissionSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-8264037677002317552014-07-30T09:48:00.001-04:002014-07-30T09:48:03.070-04:00Gallows humorI haz it, as demonstrated by the fact that this article made me snort-laugh: Khaled Mashaal: Hamas Leader Hunted by Netanyahu Haunts Israel - TIME. Lessons, lessons...
...well, Mossad, maybe don't try to assassinate people using a method from Shakespeare? Because that worked out ever so well for Claudius.
...and maybe don't do it in a way practically designed to piss off a leader who's Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-10268026246386261162014-06-18T23:24:00.001-04:002014-06-18T23:24:56.148-04:00This is not a thing: Non-Muslim attorney in hijab wants other women in court to wear hijabThis is old, but it came up in looking into the backstory of current 9/11 trial shenanigans. Look, no one should wear distractingly revealing clothes in court. And although I'm pretty sure she's misinterpreting the purpose of hijab/modest clothing in Islam (supposed to be about the wearer, not about other people, and for that reason not supposed to be imposed) I guess she can wear whatever she Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-85790645934630893042014-06-14T14:39:00.001-04:002014-06-14T14:39:34.040-04:00From BoingBoing: The Problem with "Nature vs. Nurture" When It Comes to Sexuality
THANK GOD, and I hope they never do find a single gene, because step number 2 will be trying to eradicate it.
From BoingBoing: The Problem with "Nature vs. Nurture" When It Comes to SexualitySarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-5796461384824606632014-06-14T14:20:00.001-04:002014-06-14T14:20:18.731-04:00SwitchbladesTrue story: for most of my life I thought that because switchblades were illegal, all folding knives including my beloved wee victornox was illegal. (You could hurt someone with it, but they'd have to agree to hold still.) This was underscored when, as an articling student, the guards at Federal Court told me I'd have to put the knife, which I'd brought by accident on my keychain, into the lockerSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-82533116656822894592012-12-18T23:32:00.001-05:002012-12-18T23:32:20.612-05:00November Positive Cases 2012Palmer v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) [and Citizenship and Immigration], 2012 FC 1277 (CanLII), Gagné, IAD misrepresentation refusal, 2012-11-02 Ferko v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1284 (CanLII), Kane, refugee refusal, 2012-11-02 Kannuthurai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1288 (CanLII), Campbell, refugee refusal, 2012-11-02 Rodriguez v. Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com160tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-65598829975132100292012-11-29T21:20:00.001-05:002012-11-29T21:20:47.966-05:00Guardian Comment is Free item reminiscent of Toronto 18Cleveland anarchist bomb plot aided and abetted by the FBI | Arun Gupta | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:
'via Blog this'Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-45038526738648792552012-11-25T22:50:00.001-05:002012-11-25T22:50:11.597-05:00BAILII Cases, Part 2W (Algeria) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8 (7 March 2012) (BAILII)—the Special Immigration Appeals Commission may make an order allowing a claimant to put forward a confidential witness. RT (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38 (25 July 2012) (BAILII)—a person cannot be denied asylum on the basis that they are Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-40449639556557172872012-11-25T22:17:00.001-05:002012-11-25T22:17:11.060-05:00KU (Pakistan)—specific versus general credibility findingsKU (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 107 (17 January 2012) (BAILII) The appellant was a national of Pakistan whose asylum claim rested on his home village being in an area controlled by the Taliban. The appellant was alleged to have been an informer to the US, facilitating drone strikes. Two letters containing death threats were sent to the appellant, one viaSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-83585702271665166162012-11-24T17:03:00.001-05:002012-11-24T17:03:29.258-05:00Moreno Sandoval—addressing a complaint of improper interpretationMoreno Sandoval v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1273 (CanLII) Judge: Justice O’Keefe; Date heard: October 15, 2012; Date decided: Octoer 31, 2012; Counsel for Moreno Sandoval: Richard Odeleye; Counsel for Minister: Suran Bhattacharyya; Place of Hearing: Toronto, Ontario. The Applicants were Mexican citizens who had refused on the basis of lack of nexus, lack of credibility, Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-26673133993406711782012-11-24T15:51:00.001-05:002012-11-24T15:51:02.689-05:00File under hilarious lawsMarché ouvertSarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-4937619797795636132012-11-19T22:19:00.001-05:002012-11-19T22:19:46.863-05:00Huang—good faith in sur place claimsHuang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 205 (CanLII) Judge: Justice Zinn; Date heard: December 1, 2011; Date decided: February 10, 2012;Counsel for Huang: Lindsey K. Weppler; Counsel for Minister: Judy Michaely; Place of Hearing: Toronto, Ontario. The Applicants were a family consisting of a Chinese woman and her minor children. In February 2007, having become ill, the Applicant Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-79786362156386771932012-11-19T22:07:00.001-05:002012-11-19T22:07:02.286-05:00Portillo—generalized risk and heightened personal riskPortillo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 678 (CanLII) Judge: Justice Gleason; Date heard: March 21 2012; Date decided: June 4, 2012; Counsel for Portillo: Jeffrey Goldman; Counsel for Minister: Charles Jubenville; Place of Hearing: Toronto, Ontario. The Applicant was a citizen of El Salvador who had been targeted by the Mara Salvatrucha (the MS). The Refugee Protection Division Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-26771722520719886442012-11-19T21:52:00.001-05:002012-11-19T21:52:22.141-05:00Williams—need to assess children’s best interests, not hardshipWilliams v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 166 (CanLII) Judge: Justice Russell; Date heard: January 10, 2012; Date decided: February 7, 2012; Counsel for Williams: Geraldine Sadoway; Counsel for Minister: Veronica Cham; Place of Hearing: Toronto, Ontario. The Applicant was a citizen of Grenada whose son Omar was a citizen, having been born in Canada in 2002. The Applicant, Erlina Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070574.post-90165845642860434512012-11-17T23:03:00.001-05:002012-11-17T23:03:46.589-05:00October Positive Cases 2012Bin Sun v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1154 (CanLII), Rennie, refugee refusal, 2012-10-01 Aguilar Zacarias v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1155 (CanLII), Gleason, refugee refusal, 2012-10-01 Foroogh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1171 (CanLII), Phelan, Convention refugee abroad refusal, 2012-10-04 Bibby-Jacobs v. Canada (Citizenship and Sarah L Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565535550818031578noreply@blogger.com0