Canada is well into our federal election campaign, which came about after the opposition parties united to adopt a motion of “non-confidence” against the minority Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Voting takes place on the 2nd of May 2011. Canada follows the British model of parliamentary democracy. Thus we do not get [...]
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Immigration Policy and the Election in Canada
Posted in Current Events, Immigration Also tagged Election, Immigration, Jason, Kenney, Minister, Reform 1 Comment
Immigrant Investor programs of Canada and Quebec: recent developments
This blog serves in part to update the previous article Canada toughens its Immigrant Investor Program: will a counterintuitive strategy succeed? which we posted on July 14, 2010. Under the Canadian immigration system, a person who qualifies for and is accepted under the Immigrant Investor route automatically becomes a Permanent Resident of Canada. Other than [...]
Posted in Current Events, Immigration Also tagged Government administration, Immigrant Investor Programs, Public policy, Quebec 2 Comments
Canada toughens its Immigrant Investor Program: will a counterintuitive strategy succeed?
Using counterintuitive thinking Sometimes in life better results can be achieved by using counterintuitive thinking. For example, when playing violin, by accident I may bow on a second string in addition to the string intended. So instead of playing F# on the D string, my bow ends up touching (and playing) the G string at [...]
Posted in Law and the Legal Profession Also tagged Counterintuitive thinking, Immigrant Investor Program, Jason Kenney, Quebec, Violin 2 Comments
Are lawyers really necessary?
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” These famous words from the English poet Shakespeare are often quoted by journalists and other social commentators to reflect perceived disdain for the legal profession. For example, such a commentator might cite that quote during his speech, glance at the audience with an air of [...]
Posted in Law and the Legal Profession Also tagged freedom, lawyers, legal profession, rule of law, Shakespeare 2 Comments