Hour 2, Segments 3 and 4 - Richard Kurland and Martin Collacott
Roy Green Show
English - June 17, 2017 20:03 - 20 minutes - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
An internal government analysis has found that an increase in asylum claims in Canada could result in an 11-year wait for a hearing and nearly $3 billion in federal social supports for claimants in the meantime. Instead of turning away people who are entering Canada illegally from the U.S., the federal government has announced a 'study' of the situation. Guests: Richard Kurland, immigration lawyer from Vancouver and advisor to the federal and Quebec governments Martin Collacott, former Canadian Ambassador to Syria and Lebanon(Photo: Courtesy of CBSA)
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An internal government analysis has found that an increase in asylum claims in Canada could result in an 11-year wait for a hearing and nearly $3 billion in federal social supports for claimants in the meantime.
Instead of turning away people who are entering Canada illegally from the U.S., the federal government has announced a 'study' of the situation.
Guests: Richard Kurland, immigration lawyer from Vancouver and advisor to the federal and Quebec governments
Martin Collacott, former Canadian Ambassador to Syria and Lebanon
(Photo: Courtesy of CBSA)
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