In law, as in most things, sweeping changes cause serious consternation. This unease isn’t just for clients, however. Lawyers also face considerable challenges when facing regulatory changes.

Once again, as an immigration practitioner, I am explaining sweeping immigration changes to my clients. Recently, the minister of Citizenship and Immigration announced new changes to the temporary foreign worker program that will drastically alter the temporary foreign worker landscape when they come into effect on April 1, 2011. The new regulations were gazetted on Aug. 18.

 

The immigration bar is up in arms over Minister of Citizenship Immigration, and MultiCulturalism’s Jason Kenney’s recent announcement that foreign nationals from the Czech Republic and Mexico will now require visas to enter Canada.