Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In The Toronto Star Article Regarding The Federal Court’s Immigration Backlog Pilot Project
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2014
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Jun
2014
Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In Law Times Regarding The Ongoing Fraud Case Of Disbarred Lawyer Angelina Codina
Goli Amirpour says she paid former lawyer Angelina Codina $24,000 to bring her brother and his friend to Canada from Iran. But a year later, Codina, who was disbarred for bilking Legal…
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May
2014
Sindura Dar Quoted In Cba Practicelink Article Regarding The Temporary Foreign Worker Program
These are the times that try lawyers’ souls. In late April — stung by a series of scandals — Employment Minister Jason Kenney staggered the legal community by imposing a blanket moratorium…
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Apr
2014
Mario D. Bellissimo interviewed in The Lawyers Weekly regarding Immigration Backlogs
Mario D. Bellissimo Chair of the National Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association was featured in the March 2014 issue of Lawyers Weekly. The article focuses on a pilot project,…
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Oct
2013
Nigerian Students Deported – Mario D. Bellissimo Weighs In
Until recently, two foreign students who had been enrolled at the University of Regina, sought refuge in city churches when they learned that their brief stints working at Wal-Mart were not permitted…
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Sep
2013
Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted in the Toronto Star “Immigration detainees in Lindsay jail stage protest and hunger strike”
Posted by: Fabiola Arevalo Roughly 200 immigration detainees in the Greater Toronto Area have been relocated to the Central East Correctional Centre (~ 2 hours away from the city) in Lindsay, Ontario. …
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Jun
2013
Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In Midweek Newspaper Regarding The RBC Scandal
In the wake of the RBC scandal, refugee intake dropping drastically, a diminishing family class, seemingly endless amendments to Canada’s immigration system and vociferous debate on both sides of the divide for…
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May
2013
Mario D. Bellissimo Interviewed In The Law Times Regarding The New Federal Skilled Worker Program
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Apr
2013
Mario D. Bellissimo Quoted In A Cbc Article Regarding Foreign Worker Industry In Canada
Several information technology industry insiders have come forward to expose some of the inner workings of multinational outsourcing companies from India, which they claim exploit Canada’s temporary work visa system and bring…
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Apr
2013
BC Replaces Canadian Staff With Foreign Workers, Mario D. Bellissimo’s Interview With CBC News
Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department. “They are being brought in…
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