Archive for May, 2011

Supreme Court of Canada Clerk – CABA Member

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Congratulations to CABA member Stephanie Lafrance for her appointment as Incoming Law Clerk to the Honorable Mr. Justice Ian Binnie at Supreme Court of Canada!!! Stephanie will be starting with the SCC in September 2011. Justice Binnie has recently announced his retirement from the Court so unless his time is extended during the nomination process, [...]

Immigrants are said to cost Canada too much!!

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

By Véronique Malka, Canada-US immigration lawyer On May 17, 2011 the Frasier Institute, a public policy Think Thank in Canada, published a study about immigration claiming, as its headline, that immigrants to Canada cost the country 23 Billion per year. The report says newcomers pay about half as much in income taxes as other Canadians, [...]