October 2026 – Stewart Sharma Harsanyi

The Door is Still Open on Officer Discretion to Write/Refer the s.44 Report

For a permanent resident convicted in Canada of serious criminality, and sentenced to six months or more in jail, the section 44 stage is usually the last place anyone can still decide not to remove them. Once the report is referred, the Immigration Division does not weigh the life in Canada. As indicated, if the

The TRP Sometimes a Solution, Sometimes Simply False Hope

Canada’s temporary resident system has tightened. Economic permanent residence draws are harder to clear, transition pathways have narrowed, and a large cohort of students, workers, and other temporary residents is running out of status with fewer ordinary options. When those routes close, pressure moves to the discretionary ones. The humanitarian and compassionate inventory under section

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