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THE NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION LAW CLE CONFERENCE
HOW TO BE A BETTER IMMIGRATION LAWYER: A PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
MAY 5-6 2006 – THE FAIRMONT CHATEAU FRONTENAC, QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC
AGENDA
THURSDAY, MAY 4TH
4:00 – 6:00
PRE-REGISTRATION…………………………… …..………………………………….…………..(Foyer Verchères)
7:00
WELCOMING RECEPTION (CRUISE) ...................………….SPONSORED BY GREENBERG TURNER (TORONTO)
FRIDAY, MAY 5TH
8:00 - 8:30
8:30 - 8:45
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST &
REGISTRATION.(Foyer Verchères)………………….. SPONSORED
BY:
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WELCOMING REMARKS………………………..………………………………………………….(Frontenac*)
CO-CHAIRS: Robin Seligman, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto,
National Chair, CBA Citizenship and Immigration Section
Jean Sebastien Boudreault, Barrister & Solicitor, Montreal,
Quebec Chair, Citizenship and Immigration Section
Mario Blanchard, counsel, Justice Canada, Montreal
8:45 -10:00
PLENARY I ...................................................................……………………………………………..(Frontenac*)
THE YEAR IN REVIEW & THE YEAR AHEAD
A look at the past year’s developments and a crystal ball gaze into the coming year.
MODERATOR:
Robin Seligman
SPEAKERS: CBA: Michael Greene and Gordon Maynard
CIC : Daniel Jean, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Ottawa
IRB: Jean-Guy Fleury, Chairperson, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
CBSA: Claudette Deschênes, Vice President, Enforcement
10:00 -10:15 REFRESHMENT BREAK ……………………………….………………SPONSORED BY: OGILVY RENAULT, LLP (MONTREAL)
MORNING WORKSHOPS -
1-A: LITIGATION/GENERAL
(FRONTENAC*)
10:15-11:30
ROOMS
TOPICS
Top Ten Recent Cases and Current
Litigation Issues
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Cases which promise to have
the greatest impact
Important cases before the
courts
Developing issues and trends
1-B: GENERAL
(PLACE D’ARMES)
PR Cards and Travel Documents
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Applications for PR cards
Applications for travel
documents abroad
Criteria for issuance
H and C representations
Current Case law on residency
1-C: GENERAL
(BELLEVUE)
Ethical Issues
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Use of Agents
Fee splitting and commissions
Canadian Lawyers – US practice
Conflicts of Interest – employers and
spouses
Retainer letters
MODERATORS
Mario Blanchard
Joshua Sohn
Wendy Danson
SPEAKERS
CBA : Lorne Waldman
DOJ : Kevin A Lunney, Senior Counsel,
Toronto
Federal Court : Hon. Yves de Montigny
CBA: Kevin MacTavish
Greg Willoughby
CIC: Michel Dupuis, Acting Director,
Social Policy and Programs,
Ottawa
Grant Easson, Program Advisor,
Risk Management Banch,
Ottawa
CBA: Darryl W. Larson
CIC: Anne Arnott, Director General, Case
Management, Ottawa
Barreau du Québec: Jean-Michel Montbriand,
Discipline Officer
11:45 - 1:15
LUNCHEON ……………………………………..…………………..SPONSORED BY: FIDUCIE DESJARDINS INC. (MONTREAL)
Guest speaker: Lise Thériault, Ministre de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles, Gouvernment of Quebec
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS -
1:15 - 2:30
ROOMS
TOPICS
2-A: GENERAL
(FRONTENAC*)
Quebec Immigration Issues
• Quebec Skilled Workers – case
studies
• Quebec temporary entry issues:
work permits and study permits.
2-B: GENERAL
(PLACE D’ARMES)
Family Class
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•
S.117(9)(d) Current Law and
Cases
H and C options for excluded
dependents
Out of Status Spouses
Conjugal and Common Law
relationships
Inland vs. Overseas options
2-C: PROTECTION
(BELLEVUE)
Protection I: Preparing and
presenting a successful refugee
claim
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•
Credibility and vulnerable
claimants
Reverse Order Questioning
Safe Third Country
MODERATORS
Isabelle Dongier
Catherine Sas
Michael Tilleard
SPEAKERS
CBA : Avi Gomberg
Chantal Arsenault
MICC: Fanny Marcoux, Immigration
Counsellor, Policy and
Programs, Skilled workers
Bernard Gervais, Team Leader,
Americas, Selection, Skilled
Workers
CBA: Betsy Kane
Janet Bomza
CIC: Michel Dupuis, Acting Director,
Social Policy and Programs
DOJ: Elaine Ménard, Legal Counsel,
CIC Selection Team, Ottawa
CBA : Mitchell Goldberg
IRB/RPD: Richard Tyndorf, Legal
Counsel, Toronto
CIC: Dick Graham, Director Asylum,
Ottawa
CBSA : George Bowles, Director
Highway and Rail Division, Ottawa
Ellen Hols, Acting Manager,
Immigration Programs, Ottawa
2:30 - 2:45
REFRESHMENT BREAK………………………………………………..SPONSORED BY: OGILVY RENAULT, LLP (MONTREAL)
3-A: LITIGATION
(FRONTENAC*)
2:45 – 4:00
ROOMS
3-B: ENFORCEMENT
(PLACE D’ARMES)
3-C: ECONOMIC
(BELLEVUE)
TOPICS
Federal Court Practice
Top Ten Rules of Court
• Leave applications
• Extensions of Time
• Counsel of Record
• Costs, Etc.
Class Action process
• Qualifying, joining,
representatives
• Settlement and costs
Arrest, Detention and Release
• POE detention, right to counsel
• Referral to detention review
• Inland arrest and detention
• ID detention review
• Bonds and Conditions
MODERATORS
Mira Thow
Edward Rice
CBA: Lorne Waldman
Federal Court Registry: Bruce Preston,
Director, Immigration Section, Ontario
DOJ: François Joyal, Counsel, Montreal
Federal Court : Hon. Pierre Blais
CBA: Warren Creates
CBSA: Erik Paradis, coordinator, Hearings
CBA: Carter Hoppe
and Detentions, Montreal
CIC: Heidi Smith, Acting Director,
IRB: Ghislaine Charlebois, Director General, Economic Immigration, Policy and
Immigration Division, Ottawa
Programs, Ottawa
SPEAKERS
Federal Skilled Worker
Selection Criteria:
• Arranged employment
• Language – proving ability
• Work Experience
Place of Application
A Complete Application
David Garson
4:00 – 5:10
ROOMS
4-A: HOW TO WORKSHOPS
2 HALF HOUR SESSIONS
(BELLEVUE)
TOPICS
US Immigration Issues
• How to prepare an L1 port of
entry application
• How to prepare a Waiver of
Inadmissibility application
MODERATORS
Janet Bomza
4-B: HOW TO WORKSHOPS
2 HALF HOUR SESSIONS
(PLACE D’ARMES)
Work Permit Issues
• How to prepare a Labour
Market Opinion application
• How to prepare a significant
benefit or NAFTA investor
application
4-C: HOW TO WORKSHOPS
2 HALF HOUR SESSIONS
(FRONTENAC*)
Federal Court Issues
• How to prepare a Leave
application
• How to prepare a Stay
application
Gordon Maynard
Vance Langford
SPEAKERS
CBA: Kevin Zemp
Henry Chang
CBA: Yusra Siddiquee
Seth Dalfen
CIC : François Milo, Regional Program
Advisor, Montreal
CBA: Ron Poulton
Barbara Jackman
Federal Court: Hon. Justice
Judith Snider
5:15 - 7:00 RECEPTION………………….………………………….…..…… SPONSORED BY: BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS (TORONTO)
7:00 - 12:00 EVENING BANQUET WITH ENTERTAINMENT………………………………………………………………..(BALLROOM)
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THE NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION LAW CLE CONFERENCE (CONT’D)
SATURDAY, MAY 6TH
8:00 – 8:45
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST..................................………………………………………..(FOYER VERCHERES)
SPONSORED BY: PRIME LINK MANAGEMENT SERVICES
8:45 – 9:00
MORNING REMARKS ………………………………………………………………………………. (FRONTENAC*)
Co-Chairs: Robin Seligman, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto,
National Chair, CBA Citizenship and Immigration Section
Jean Sebastien Boudreault, Barrister & Solicitor, Montreal
Quebec Chair, Citizenship and Immigration Section
Mario Blanchard, Counsel, Department of Justice, Montreal
9:00 - 10:15 Plenary II……………………..…………………………………………………………………. (FRONTENAC*)
New Options for Immigrants: Provincial Nominee Program Update
Snapshots of PNP’s across Canada
Investor and Entrepreneur
Skilled Worker and Employment based Alternatives
Temporary Worker Programs
Moderator: Alex Stojicevic
Speakers: CBA : Ken Zaifman, Barrister & Solicitor, Winnipeg
Charles Pley, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
Brian Tsuji, Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
CIC : Heidi Smith, Acting Director, Policy and Program Economic Sector, Ottawa
10:15 - 10:30
REFRESHMENT BREAK………………………………………………………………………………..(Foyer Verchères)
MORNING WORKSHOPS –
10:30 - 11:45
ROOMS
TOPICS
MODERATORS
SPEAKERS
11:45 - 1:15
5-A: ECONOMIC
(FRONTENAC*)
5-B: LITIGATION
(PLACE D’ARMES)
5-C: GENERAL
(BELLEVUE)
Work Permits
IAD Practice
Citizenship
Service Canada Developments
• Update
• Bulk requests
• Sectoral agreements
Interesting applications
• Specialized knowledge
• Management consultants
• Scientific technicians
Other Options
• School related employment
• PNP
Family Class Spousal Appeals
• Presenting a Winning Case
• Common Issues
Current and Future Issues:
• S-2 The Lost Canadians
• The Lost Registrations
• Doing a Thurlow argument
• Fraud detection and prevention
• Proposed Legislation
• Passport Issues
Medical Inadmissibility Appeals
• Challenging the legality
• Compelling H & C factors
• The impact of Hilewitz
Jean-Philippe Brunet
Baerbel Langner
Stephen Green
CBA: Howard Greenberg
HRSDC Mario Rondeau, Acting
Director, Foreign Worker Program,
Ottawa
CIC: Heidi Smith, Acting Director,
Economic Immigration, Policy and
Programs, Ottawa
CBA: Mendel Green
Andrew Wlodyka
DOJ : Elaine Ménard, Legal Counsel
CIC Selection Team, Ottawa
IRB : David Schwartz, Legal Counsel,
Vancouver
CBA: Blair Hodgman
CIC: Mark Davidson, Director,
Citizenship and Registrar, Ottawa
LUNCHEON …………………………………………………SPONSORED BY: HSBC CAPITAL (CANADA) INC. (VANCOUVER)
Guest speaker: The Honourable Monte Solberg, P.C., M.P., Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
1:15 – 2:30
ROOMS
TOPICS
6-A: ECONOMIC
(FRONTENAC*)
Business Investor
• Preparing a successful
Federal Application
6-B: GENERAL
(PLACE D’ARMES)
Administrative Law
•
• Preparing a successful
Quebec Application
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Procedural Fairness in the
Immigration Process
o Examinations/Interviews
o Notice, right to respond
o Disclosure, bias and who
decides
Standards of Review
Charter applicability
6-C: GENERAL
(BELLEVUE)
Criminal Inadmissibility
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Fact patterns
Equivalency (offences and
pardons)
Review options
MODERATORS
Jean Philippe Brunet
Lara Morrison
Baerbel Langner
SPEAKERS
CBA: Jeff Lowe
Jean-Sebastien Boudreault
CIC: Heidi Smith, Acting Director,
Economic Immigration, Policy and
Programs, Ottawa
MICC: Johanne Dumont, Director,
Services Center for Business
Applicants
CBA: David Matas
DOJ: David Dunbar, General Counsel,
CBSA, Ottawa
CBA: Gordon Maynard
IRB: Anna Colaianni, Legal
Counsel, Montreal
CIC: Anne Arnott, Director General,
Case Management Branch,
Ottawa
CBSA: Anna Doucet, Manager Hearings
and Detention, Ottawa
2:30 - 2:45
REFRESHMENT BREAK………………………………………………………………………………..(Foyer Verchères)
2:45 - 4:00
ROOMS
TOPICS
7-A: ECONOMIC
(FRONTENAC*)
Entrepreneur and Self-Employed
Applicants
• Federal Entrepreneur and SelfEmployed applications
• Quebec Entrepreneur and SelfEmployed applications
7-B: ENFORCEMENT
(PLACE D’ARMES)
Enforcement Issues
Applications for Rehabilitation
• Eligibility criteria
• Deemed rehabilitation
• Preparing an application
• TRPs while awaiting rehabilitation
S.64 Determination Process (s.44)
• Update on the law and procedure
7-C: PROTECTION
(BELLEVUE)
Protection II: Options for failed
Refugees
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Judicial Review of RPD
decisions
Preparing and presenting the
successful PRRA application
H and C for the failed refugee
Removal considerations
MODERATORS
Herbert Brownstein
Michael Greene
Alex Stojicevic
SPEAKERS
CBA: Stephen Green
Barbara Leiter
CIC: Heidi Smith, Acting Director,
Economic Immigration, Policy and
Programs, Ottawa
MICC: Johanne Dumont, Director,
Service Center for Business
Applicants
CBA: Brian Dingle
David Matas
CIC: Anne Arnott, Director General,
Case Management Branch, Ottawa
CBSA: Anna Doucet, Manager Hearings
and Detention, Ottawa
CBA: Randy Hahn
CIC: Dick Graham, Director,
Asylum, Ottawa
CBSA: Elise Gendron, Policy Advisor,
Inland Enforcement, Ottawa
4:00 - 4:45
PLENARY III……………………………………………………………………………………………………(FRONTENAC*)
OVERSEAS PROCESSING: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Moderator:
Michael Greene
Speakers:
CBA: David Garson
CIC: David Manicom, Director, Operational Coordination, Ottawa
4:45 - 5:00
CLOSING REMARKS……………………………………………………………………………………(FRONTENAC*)
Robin Seligman, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto,
Co-Chairs:
National Chair, CBA Citizenship and Immigration Section
Jean Sebastien Boudreault, Barrister & Solicitor, Montreal
Quebec Chair, Citizenship and Immigration Section
Mario Blanchard, Counsel, Department of Justice, Montreal
5:00 – 6:00
CLOSING RECEPTION (SALON BELLEVUE)…………..…………SPONSORED
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