Borderlines Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Nachoff

Samuel Hyman is a Vancouver lawyer with one of the more well known practices in Canadian customs law.
We dive into Canadian customs law for individuals, examining the procedures and rights that Canadians have at the border around the seizure of goods, the imposition of administrative monetary penalties and loss of NEXUS. We discuss the consequences of violating customs regulations and how to challenge CBSA decisions.
After, Sam shares his view on why eliminating the distinction between immigration and tax status could unlock significant revenue gains for the government.

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This episode originally ran on October 5, 2021.
Carl Brault worked for almost twenty years at the Canada Border Services Agency. His roles included Border Services Officer, Intelligence Analyst and Inland Enforcement Officer. He currently provides consultation services to authorized immigration representatives and can be reached at cb-advisingservices@outlook.com.
3:00Working as a summer student as a Border Services Officer.
6:30September 11, 2011
9:50What kind of training does a CBSA officer receive before they start working at the border?
18:10Working as a CBSA Intelligence Analyst
21:30Working as an Inland Enforcement Officer
25:00Is CBSA understaffed or overstaffed?
28:30Level of autonomy officers have in deferral requests.
38:30What should lawyers or individuals do when making deferral of removal requests?
42:30The ability of CBSA to make positive decisions by not acting.
48:30What is the difference in culture across different offices?
51:15What are examples of where counsel harms their clients cause at CBSA?
54:00Do CBSA officers care about how lawyers are dressed?
56:30Has the attitude towards removals at CBSA regarding removals gotten more rigid?
1:05:00Do CBSA officers want more discretion when it comes to removals

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In this episode, we are joined by Gerald Chan, a privacy and criminal defense lawyer from Stockwood's LLP. We discuss several significant cases and topics within the realm of privacy law and its intersection with Canadian immigration law.
Gerald's paper on text message privacy can be found here.
Specific cases include:
R. v. Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6 (whether police need warrant to obtain IP address)
R v. Marakah, 2017 SCC 59 (whether police need warrant to obtain text messages)
R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43 (online anonymity)
We also discuss the intersection between privacy law and immigration law, including when CBSA can search electronic devices, and invasive requests for documents. .

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A. Connie Campbell is a lawyer at Edelmann & Co.
We discuss inadmissibility for organized crime and answer a question about whether we think that law societies should screen lawyers for Islamophobia or anti-Palestinian sentiments.

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Corey Clamp worked at Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 2003-2008. His roles included working as a Litigation Management Analyst in Ottawa, several supervisory roles at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi and as a Senior Immigration Officer at the Canadian visa office in Ho Chi Minh City.
We discuss Corey's immigration career, the importance of overseas offices, refusing applications, the importance of individual personalities in the visa processing process and things that Corey believes members of the public or applicants should understand about the role of visa officers.
We also answer a recent question about what our thoughts are regarding Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's 2023 Temporary Public Policy to bulk waive eligiblity requirements to clear the temporary resident visa backlog, and the 19,000 refugee claims that resulted by the end of 2023.

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Deanna and Steven discuss the partial visa reimposition on Mexican nationals, the cancellation of Mexican eTAs, IRCC procedures for cancelling visas in general and the Supreme Court granting leave in Pepa. We also answer a listener question, which is whether Canadian visa officials should screen prospective immigrants for antisemitism.
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