A central objective and guiding principle in Canadian immigration policy has been the management of migration flows. At the core is a balance between two broad interests; state sovereignty and security versus the basic human right to mobility and to shelter from persecution. While the first set of interests has historically dominated in Canadian immigration [...]

Last Thursday, the SCC refused leave to appeal with costs in Eliyahu Yoshua Veffer v. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Canadians for Jerusalem (32260). On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal, this case dealt with Mr. Veffer’s challenge of Passport Canada’s policy to not list any country alongside the city of Jerusalem on passports [...]