Podcast appearances and mentions of john mccallum

Drivers at Western Springs Speedway will make their final laps tonight after 95 years of racing at the venue. After tonight's last set, races will be moved to Onehunga's Waikaraka Park. There has been some controversy over the move with claims of a lack of consultation. Speedway Manager John McCallum says tickets for the final event are selling quickly. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John McCallum on Canada's falling inflation (0:30); Sel Burrows on the rail yard relocation project (9:10); Julie Poirier, Newell Brands, on a new survey about food waste (16:00).

John McCallum, Asper School of Business, inflation rate is down Kevin Meilleur, owner, Mosquito Tech Jacques Bourgeois, Oak Hammock Marsh, Dragonfly Festival

CBC's Jamie Fitzpatrick talks to artist John McCallum, who's latest installation tells the story of the hydroelectric project, through paint, photos, text, sculpture, paper, cardboard, and a whole lot more.

Listen every Friday from 21 till 22 (Moscow time) Jazz FM (radiojazzfm.ru) Subscribe in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/funk-and-beyond-weekly/id1063844118?mt=2 for more details please visit beyondfunk.ru 1. Silk Sonic - Fly As Me 2. Sola Rosa - Back To You feat. Noah Slee (Flytones remix) 3. Soul Supreme - The Message 4. The Breathing Effect - Moki Dreams of Brazil 5. The Honeyshotz - (You Bring The) Sunshine 6. The Lewis Express - Brother Move On 7. Anduze - How To Love A Good Man 8. The Haggis Horn - Suzi Traffic (feat John McCallum) 9. YORK - The Funky 12 10. B Bravo - Star In Your Eyez 11. Fred Simon feat Amalia - Island Of Magic 12. Jazztronik -Sunshine 13. Super db - Sun and Rain 14. The Haggis Horns - World Gone Crazy (Sam Redmore Extended DJ Remix ) 15. Freethinker Funk Essence - Miss Diamondback 16. SharkTank - Shame 17. Flevans - Digits 18. The KutiMangoes - Pass it On 19. Fusion Affair - Missing Cat 20. The Du-Rites - Funk Monk (Feat. Money Mark)

John McCallum of the Asper School of Business on the latest economic issues facing Canadians & our weekly check-in with Carolyn Klassen  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back, Atlanta! This week, we bring you our 4th edition of the Strength & Health Project and we are talking about squats! According to John McCallum's article, 'Squat!', if you want to get big, then you better be doing some squatting. Coach Joe and I dive deeper into this article from the 70s and give our thoughts on its relevance today. Enjoy!

In this episode, Nancy and I talk about the British film, Miranda from 1948, This is the story of a man who is captured by a mermaid and brings her home to London. It was directed by Ken Annakin and written by Peter Blackmore, it stars Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Margaret Rutherford, John McCallum, and David Tomlinson.

Today, Coach Joe and I cover our second edition of the Strength and Health Project. What this project means to us really just comes down to being a healthy and resilient human. We kick this episode off by diving into 'The Time Factor' which is the first article in the book written by John McCallum. The book is The Complete Keys To Progress which explores how to achieve success through hard work, and how to care for our health as we build size and strength. Enjoy!

Colin Armstrong is joined by John McCallum to preview Sunday's game against Livingston, plus look at the win over Sparta Prague on Thursday. The Gersnet Podcast: the independent Rangers FC podcast, by fans, for fans. LIVE and FREE every Sunday on YouTube at 9.30pm.

Welcome to the latest episode of the official Talking pictures TV Podcast. Join us for a birthday celebration as we mark six years of broadcasting the best in archive TV and movies. On the show this week…. vampires, Victorian detectives and cold war spies. We have appearances from TPTV favourites, Googie Withers and John McCallum. There’s the story of the Battle of Arnhem as well as all the latest goings on in Upstairs Downstairs. We’ve thrown in some music and there is also news of our next online Zoom quiz. Hope you enjoy it.

Budget reaction with Joseph Micaleff from KPMG (0:55); More budget reaction with John McCallum from University of Manitoba Economics (13:20); More Budget reaction with Evelyn Jacks from The Knowledge Bureau (21:40); Vaccines, blood clots and risk management (39:00); Truckers to get vaccines (46:45); The Final Word (53:10) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colin is joined by John McCallum to preview the vital Europa League game against Standard Liege on Thursday night. The lads also discuss the news that Dave King intends to sell his shareholding to Club 1872. The Gersnet Podcast: the independent Rangers FC podcast, by fans, for fans. LIVE and FREE every Sunday on YouTube at 9.30pm.

The Honourable John McCallum served as Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada from November 2015 to January 2017. A Member of Parliament from 2000 - 2017, he also served as Defence Minister under Jean Chrétien, and Veterans Affairs Minister, National Revenue Minister, Natural Resources Minister and as Chair of the Expenditure Review Committee under Paul Martin. As Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, Mr. McCallum led Canada's effort to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees over a period of three months. He also increased the age of dependency from 18-22, repealed conditional permanent residency and reduced family class processing times. 5:00 – The resettlement of 40,000 refugees in Canada. 22:00 – The division of immigration repsonsibilities between IRCC, CBSA and ESDC. Should they be combined? 28:00 – What goes into reducing processing times. 33:00 – Abolishing conditional permanent residence. 39:00 – Mr. McCallum’s approach to being immigration critic towards the end of the Harper era. 42:30 – The Barbaric Cultural Practices Act and the Niqab ban. 44:00 – Caregivers 48:00 – Helping as Minister on individual files. 54:00 – What goes into levels planning?

Funk Shui 69 - Tracklist: 1. Jeremy Beck and The Heavy Duty Horns - Take Me By The Hand ..2. The Haggis Horns - Don’t Give A Damn feat. John McCallum..3. The Allergies - 2 Much! fat. Andy Cooper..4. The Mighty Mocambos - Beverly Hills Cop Theme (Axel F) ..5. Gil Scott Heron - Peace Go With You Brother..6. Freddy Gibbs and Alchemist - Something To Rap About feat. Tyler The Creator..7. Jay Electronica - Ezekiels Wheel feat. The Dream and Jay Z..8. Flo Rosset Rays - Got It Bad feat Eric Boss..9. Thundercat - King Of The Hill..10. The 7 Day Weekend - El Nido ..11. Star To Star feat. Troy Kingi ..12. Kaytranada - The Worst In Me feat. Tinashe..13. Andre Solomko - Recalling You

Me comprometo a que no puedas evitar mover los pies, balancear la cabeza, o agitar caderas, ya estés conduciendo un taxi, preparando unos espaguetis, teletrabajando, tecleando en tu ordenador o móvil, viajando en autobús o haciendo las camas o la compra… Estas son nuestras armas, las canciones de funk, disco, soul, rhythm and blues o hip hop… Pues al rollo… Funky que te funky con bajos supergruvis a ritmos inevitables, con temas de ahora - Smoove & Turrell, Alicia Keys, Ange, Steffen Morrison - y de antes - Chic, Marlena Shaw, Jody Watley, Real thing -. Que paséis un gran fin de semana. DISCO 1 STANLEY CLARKE We Supply (3) DISCO 2 CHIC Le Freak (Cara 1) DISCO 3 REAL THING She’s A Groovy Freak (Cara 1) DISCO 4 PATRICE RUSHEN Tender Lovin’ (10) DISCO 5 SMOOVE & TURRELL Still Don’t Know (6) DISCO 6 STEFFEN MORRISON Hold On Lovers (7) DISCO 7 THE HAGGIS HORNS & John McCallum Don’t Give a Damn (1) DISCO 8 LAID BACK White Horse (Cara 1) DISCO 9 JODY WATLEY Don’t You want Me (Cara 1) DISCO 10 MARLENA SHAW Pictures and Memories (MÄBU - 10) DISCO 11 ANGE & Chelsea Warner Dead To Each Other (DIANA - 17) DISCO 12 LIGHT OF THE WORLD I Shot The Sheriff (Cara 1) DISCO 13 ALICIA KEYS Time Machine (2) avanzado 16 segs. Escuchar audio

Tracklist: 1. Crushed Velvet and The Velveteers - As Far As We Know feat. Brother GoodLove..2. Joe James Lewis - Day Dreaming..3. The Haggis Horns - Give It Up (Don't Take Part In The Madness) feat. John McCallum..4. Sacbé - Andromeda..5. Wuf Ticket - The Key (Dub Version)..6. Temper - No Favors..7. Cherrelle - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Special Remix)..8. D Train - "D" Train Theme (Dub Version)..9. Nick Staker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz..10. Speedometer - Time To Slow It Down feat. Najwa Ezzaher..11. Pigalle Connection - Vendetta James..12. Incognito - I See The Sun

An extra special bonus episode of the podcast this week: Join Mel Byron as she chats to Joanna McCallum, currently starring in Bognor on Talking Pictures TV, the daughter of the legendary Googie Withers and John McCallum. We cannot thank Joanna enough for agreeing to take part in the show as she recounts tales from not only from her own marvellous career, but also that of her parents. So why not join Mel as she discusses some of the stories behind Pink String And Sealing Wax, Within These Walls and a certain Australian marsupial?

John McCallum, the disgraced former Liberal cabinet minister and diplomat, has been corrupted by Chinese officials. GUEST Joel Pollak

Tracklist: ..1. The Soul Session - Wish The Beat To Never Stop feat. Omar..2. Dedy Dread and Olivia Ruff - Don’t Wanna Wake Up..3. Eric Boss - Merry Jane feat. Ishtar..4. Dr Rubberfunk - With Love feat. Stephanie Whitelock ..5. Incognito - The Hands Of Time ..6. Lettuce - Remember The Children..7. The Haggis Horns - Nothing But Love In The End feat. John McCallum..8. Calibro 35 - Across 111th Sun..9. Sola Rosa - Searching For Love feat. Kiko Bun..10. The 7 Day Weekend - Lombok Sunset ..11. Bahama Soul Club - Alma Sola feat. Arema Arema ..12. The Rhythmagic Orchestra - Afreaka ..13. Jimi Tenor - Sugar And Spice ..14. London Afrobeat Collective - Walk Alone

Tracklist: ..1. The Soul Session - Wish The Beat To Never Stop feat. Omar..2. Dedy Dread and Olivia Ruff - Don’t Wanna Wake Up..3. Eric Boss - Merry Jane feat. Ishtar..4. Dr Rubberfunk - With Love feat. Stephanie Whitelock ..5. Incognito - The Hands Of Time ..6. Lettuce - Remember The Children..7. The Haggis Horns - Nothing But Love In The End feat. John McCallum..8. Calibro 35 - Across 111th Sun..9. Sola Rosa - Searching For Love feat. Kiko Bun..10. The 7 Day Weekend - Lombok Sunset ..11. Bahama Soul Club - Alma Sola feat. Arema Arema ..12. The Rhythmagic Orchestra - Afreaka ..13. Jimi Tenor - Sugar And Spice ..14. London Afrobeat Collective - Walk Alone

Tracklist: 1. Vaudou Game - Tata Fatigué..2. Speedometer - Abuja Sunrise..3. Professor Wouassa - Yobale Ma..4. The Haggis Horns - Shoulder To Shoulder feat. John McCallum..5. The Allergies - Lightning In A Bottle feat. Andy Cooper ..6. Diazpora - Hit Me..7. Penza Penza - Keep ‘Em Rollin’ ..8. Hannah Williams and The Tastemakers - 7am To Seville..9. Makala and Jimmy Bidaurreta - Leku Ona ..10. Lexsoul Dancemachine - Money feat. Cory Wong..11. Les Freres Smith - No Talk Talk..12. Monsalve Y Los Forajidos - Black & Decker ..13. Beat Bronco Organ Trio - Under Pressure ..14. Chip Wickham - Double Cross

Message from John McCallum on July 5, 2020

Tracklist: 1. Vaudou Game - Tata Fatigué..2. Speedometer - Abuja Sunrise..3. Professor Wouassa - Yobale Ma..4. The Haggis Horns - Shoulder To Shoulder feat. John McCallum..5. The Allergies - Lightning In A Bottle feat. Andy Cooper ..6. Diazpora - Hit Me..7. Penza Penza - Keep ‘Em Rollin’ ..8. Hannah Williams and The Tastemakers - 7am To Seville..9. Makala and Jimmy Bidaurreta - Leku Ona ..10. Lexsoul Dancemachine - Money feat. Cory Wong..11. Les Freres Smith - No Talk Talk..12. Monsalve Y Los Forajidos - Black & Decker ..13. Beat Bronco Organ Trio - Under Pressure ..14. Chip Wickham - Double Cross

Listen every Friday from 21 till 22 (Moscow time) Jazz FM (radiojazzfm.ru) Subscribe in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/funk-and-beyond-weekly/id1063844118?mt=2 tracklist: 1. The Natural Yogurt Band - White Spirits 2. ATA Records - The Needle Nose 3. Dojo Cuts - You'll Be Sorry (feat. Kate McQuaide) 4. Ajoyo - Jojo's Groove 5. Hefner - Stagger 6. Simon Jefferis (feat. Sheldon Agwu) - Atlantic Road 7. Black Pumas - Fire (Steady Groovin Mix) 8. Moodymann - Do Wrong (skate edit) 9. The 7 Day Weekend - Lombok Sunset 10. Aldorande - Summer body 11. Camarão Orkestra - Dia De Verão 12. Bxris Bekka - Funky Cat 13. Osunlade - Serotonin 14. The Haggis Horns - Suzi Traffic (feat John McCallum) 15. Mark de Clive-Lowe - Day by Day (DJ Spinna Remix) 16. Khruangbin - Pelota 17. The So Ons - Short Shrift 18. Eric Boss - Don't Give Your Heart Away 19. Мурад Кажлаев - На причале

Tracklist: ..1. Bobby Oroza - Strange Girl ..2. The Soul Snatchers - Soul To Soul ..3. Lettuce - Checker Wrecker..4. The Third Coast Kings - Summalove..5. The Haggis Horns - Ain’t Loving One Another feat. John McCallum..6. Crushed Velvet and The Velveteens - Good Thang feat. Kim Dawson..7. Speedometer - Look No Further feat. Najwa Ezzaher ..8. The Brand Nu Heavies - Boogie ..9. Joel Sarakula - Don’t Give Up On Me ..10. Leisure Centre - Sucka..11. Danny Toeman - She’s Got Something About Her..12. Flevans - Ten Feet Tall feat. Laura Vane ..13. Phenomenal Handclap Band - Do What You Like..14. Satin Jackets - Find Out feat. Marble Sounds ..15. Saux - Night Is All There Is

Tracklist: ..1. Bobby Oroza - Strange Girl ..2. The Soul Snatchers - Soul To Soul ..3. Lettuce - Checker Wrecker..4. The Third Coast Kings - Summalove..5. The Haggis Horns - Ain’t Loving One Another feat. John McCallum..6. Crushed Velvet and The Velveteens - Good Thang feat. Kim Dawson..7. Speedometer - Look No Further feat. Najwa Ezzaher ..8. The Brand Nu Heavies - Boogie ..9. Joel Sarakula - Don’t Give Up On Me ..10. Leisure Centre - Sucka..11. Danny Toeman - She’s Got Something About Her..12. Flevans - Ten Feet Tall feat. Laura Vane ..13. Phenomenal Handclap Band - Do What You Like..14. Satin Jackets - Find Out feat. Marble Sounds ..15. Saux - Night Is All There Is

Tracklist: 1. Monophonics - It’s Only Us ..2. Liam Bailey - Fight ..3. Omar - Feeds My Mind feat. Floacist ..4. Phenomenal Handclap Band - Traveler’s Prayer ..5. Incognito - I Couldn’t Love You More ..6. The Haggis Horns - Stand Up For Love feat. John McCallum..7. Beat Bronco Organ Trio - Hard Play ..8. Lack Of Afro - Got My Number feat. Jordan Stephens..9. Kutiman - White Monkey..10. Lettuce - NDUGU ..11. Jungle Fire - Masa..12. The Smuggler Brothers - Lost In Val Demone..13. Chip Wickham - Interstellar..14. Kassin - Momento De Clareza

Tracklist: 1. Monophonics - It’s Only Us ..2. Liam Bailey - Fight ..3. Omar - Feeds My Mind feat. Floacist ..4. Phenomenal Handclap Band - Traveler’s Prayer ..5. Incognito - I Couldn’t Love You More ..6. The Haggis Horns - Stand Up For Love feat. John McCallum..7. Beat Bronco Organ Trio - Hard Play ..8. Lack Of Afro - Got My Number feat. Jordan Stephens..9. Kutiman - White Monkey..10. Lettuce - NDUGU ..11. Jungle Fire - Masa..12. The Smuggler Brothers - Lost In Val Demone..13. Chip Wickham - Interstellar..14. Kassin - Momento De Clareza

Brand new funk just for you :) Great music is out this week, so let's get to dancing!01- Ella Fitzgerald - Get Ready (Soul Flip Edit) 02- The Haggis Horns - Suzi Traffic (feat. John McCallum) 03- Flevans - Speculate 04- Lack of Afro - Still Surviving (feat. Herbal T & Elliot Cole) 05- Smoove & Turrell - It Ain't Working 06- Lettuce - Good Morning Mr Shmink 07- Lettuce - Moksha 08- Lucas de Mulder & The New Mastersounds - Come Out At Night 09- The New Mastersounds with Lamar Williams Jr. - 4 Walls 10- Polyrhythmics - The Cutdown 11- Maceo Parker - Cross The Track 2020 12- Vulfpeck - Test Drive (Instrumental) 13- The Fearless Flyers - Nate Smith is the Ace of Aces 14- The Brooks - Turn up the Sound 15- The Coconuts - The Gold Coast (Sonic Funk Foundry Disco Edit)

What should and could happen to the rest of the school year? (1:30); Stranger Than Fiction with Tristan Field-Jones (9:05); John McCallum on the provincial decision to not reduce the PST (15:40); Weird week in history with Cameron Poitras (25:20); Are we seeing more speeders with less traffic out there? (30:45); CAA is offering free help to health care workers (34:20); The Final Word (39:05). 

Message from John McCallum on March 22, 2020

Message from John McCallum on March 22, 2020

In Part 2 of the Stages’ conversation with Producer John Frost, he describes the rise of the Gordon Frost Organisation and, after the tragic loss of his co-founder Ashley Gordon; the necessary task of taking the helm as C.E.O. of the company.G.F.O. launches onward and finds success with shows like Big River, South Pacific, Hello Dolly! and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Frost’s production of The King And I, rewards with considerable triumph, scooping several Tony Awards after the production transfers to Broadway. The show hadn’t been produced in Australia for 20 years. It was a major win for Frost, and opened many doors internationally. A West End production followed, with Elaine Paige playing Anna Leonowens.There have also been the theatrical misfires that confirm the business gamble of producing commercial product. Frost ponders these missteps and responds to the comments that have often questioned his choices of show, his casting decisions and his development of original product.He is loyal to a legion of performers who were on the ground floor of our industry and is enthused by any opportunity to develop a new ‘star’. He is happiest when he’s making theatre and still gets star-struck when finding himself working with idols like Julie Andrews, who directed his 60th Anniversary production of My Fair Lady.During the early 2000s, Frost partnered with James Erskine and Basil Scaffidi’s Sports Entertainment Ltd (SEL) and expanded the notion of entertainment, creating arena spectaculars with Grease and The Main Event featuring Olivia Newton John, Anthony Warlow and John Farnham.Eventually re-forming GFO, he gave us The Sound of Music (starring Lisa McCune), The Wizard of Oz (starring Nikki Webster), Annie (starring Anthony Warlow) and Footloose. The repertoire goes on with productions of Wicked, The Producers, Phantom of the Opera, Dream Lover and Legally Blonde. The list is extensive.In 2020, The Gordon Frost Organisation presents Chicago, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Shrek, The Book of Mormon, Nine to Five and Waitress throughout Australia.In part 2 of this absorbing conversation with impresario John Frost, he relishes the triumphs, analyses the disasters and contemplates the future of Musical Theatre and Entertainment. He is indeed evidence of a boy who had a dream, pursued it, and won.

Message from John McCallum on March 15, 2020

Guest host Kathy Kennedy assembles the Sports Panel to chat about the impact of the Coronavirus (0:06); Allison Mac from Gas Buddy on what lower prices at the pump really means (11:36); Economics professor John McCallum delves into the Dow drop (17:49) & find out about the Inspiration Awards! (28:00)

Lisa Raitt, Conservative Deputy Leader, MP for Milton talks about asking CSIS to investigate John McCallum's comments

Conservative MPs want Canada's intelligence agency to probe whether a former Canadian ambassador is encouraging China to interfere in the upcoming federal election. John McCallum recently told the South China Morning Post that more harmful actions against Canada would only help the Conservatives get elected. Two Conservatives say in a letter to CSIS director David Vigneault that the comments are “very disturbing” and deserve the scrutiny of his agency. Foreign Affairs Minister, Chrystia Freeland, said yesterday that it's “highly inappropriate” for any Canadian to advise any foreign government how it could influence a Canadian election. Guest: Terry Glavin Author, journalist. Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist

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The House of Commons resumes sitting today after their winter break. MPs will be in a new West Block location, while the Centre Block undergoes a decade or more of renovations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can expect to be on the hot seat in Ottawa today over Canada's deteriorating relations with China, which resulted in his weekend firing of Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum. Guest: James Moore Former federal industry minister in the Harper government

Alex is joined by Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at NATIONAL Public Relations, and Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor. Topics include: the RCMP being tight-lipped when it comes to the attack in Kingston, Ontario this week, Trudeau's comments saying Canadians will not tolerate hateful comments, John McCallum's comments on the extradition of Meng Wanzhou and more.

Conrad Black, Author, Commentator & Historian talks about immigration in the upcoming election, John McCallum and China relations, and why he is not in Davos

Hours after he was publicly defended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's ambassador to China apologized for politically explosive comments when he suggested there was a strong case for the detained Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, to avoid extradition to the US. John McCallum issued a statement yesterday saying he misspoke earlier this week when he spoke to a group of Chinese-language journalists in Toronto about Meng, listing several arguments he thought could help her with her case. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire McCallum, saying the remarks raised concerns about the politicization of the Meng case. But some say that while McCallum's remarks might have been controversial on the surface, his comments were not out of line with what some experts have been saying. Guest: Phil Calvert Former Canadian diplomat who worked in China Senior research fellow at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria

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Canada's ambassador to China says there are strong legal arguments Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou can make to help her avoid extradition to the United States. John McCallum told Chinese-Canadian reporters in Markham, Ontario that he sees three possible paths going forward and that the first is that Meng is extradited to the US. McCallum points out that option number two is more under the control of the United States and not Canada. The third option is that Meng is released by a Canadian court. Guest: David Akin Global News Chief Political Correspondent

The China opportunity: Thoughts from a newly minted Ambassador

John McCallum lies to Parliament about refugees. How would you feel about Karla Homolka living in your neighbourhood? Brian also talks US politics ahead of the New York Primary, watches the Manitoba PC crush in the election there, questions spending on refugees and more. Plus your calls.

Sunny Days ahead for people seeking to immigrate to Canada in 2016 Immigration Forecast for 2016 with Minister John McCallum, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. There has been considerable coverage of the Liberal government's sweeping changes to immigration culture in Canada. As quickly as the Conservative government changed many of the countries old immigration laws and programs, the Liberals have been just as fast to announce their intention to reverse them. So the big question is…… ….where exactly are the Liberals headed? In Episode 12 of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, I shared some brief highlights from a speech given by the Minister of IRCC, John McCallum to the Canadian Bar Association's National Immigration Section members who attended our Annual Conference in Vancouver April 7-9, 2016. I also promised that more would be coming…. so here it is! My Top 10 List of Highlights from Minister McCallum's Speech to the CBA Immigration Section As you can tell, I really like the whole Top 10 Concept. Hopefully this list will actually have 10 highlights as opposed to Episode 12 of the Canadian Immigration Podcast where I somehow skipped a number and ended up with only 9 on my Top 10 list. At any rate, if you have anything to do with Canadian immigration, whether as a lawyer, consultant, HR manager, Global Mobility Specialist, foreign national, or even Canadian employer, you are not going to want to miss this Top 10 List. I want to start off this Podcast with one caveat. I am a 100% true and blue card carrying Conservative Party member. I hold these values dear and intend to continue my active involvement with the party long into the future. However, with this being said, and despite my best efforts to find fault, there was very little I could complain about with the vision Mr. McCallum has for immigration in Canada. So here we go…. 1. The Liberals are actually willing to listen to Immigration Lawyers and their clients in shaping the immigration landscape of Canada into the future. MM Knows that CBA has worked on this day and night – he has read our reports on TFWP and EE – Minister impressed with CBAs contribution – didn't disagree with anything. Stark contrast to the previous regime. Basically considered their relations with the CBA to be adversarial. 2. Update on the Refugee situation in Canada and future intentions Succeeded in bringing 25,000 refugees to Canada by end of February 2016 They went from a situation were the main concerns of Canadians was security especially at the time of the Paris attacks and these concerns evolved to a huge welcome provided by Canada across the country to these refugees. Quote: Minister McCallum felt he was the “only immigration minister in the whole world whose main challenge was to provide enough Syrian refugees to satisfy the overwhelming generosity of people who want sponsor them. Have committed to bringing in another 10, 000 which they will expedite as quickly as possible The liberal levels planning calls for a 300,000 target – which is an absolute maximum – one more refugee means one less of something else The Liberals have already quadrupled the number of refugees and have reached the limit. Restored Refugee Healthcare 3. Canadian Citizenship Act – revoked in part Bill C6 – introduced by the Liberals to ensure – one class of Canadians in Canada and they believe a “Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian” – “the place for terrorists is in jail not at the airport” 4. Various Changes to Family Class Applications - Restoration of age of dependence from 19 back to 22 MM signed documents restoring the age of dependants to 22. However, it will take a 1 ½ years to go through the regulatory process. Goodness knows why going from 19 to 22 should take a year and a half. Too bad I couldn't use ministerial instruction on that. Minister is generally opposed to Ministerial Instructions, but some times they do come in handy. - Ending of 2 year conditional status on Spousal Applications. - Committed in the election to bring down substantially the processing times of Family Class members. Quote: “Just as he is very proud as a CDN for refugees coming in, ashamed that the heavy hand of the CDN state keeps spouses apart for 2 years. This is unacceptable. This is not something that can be fixed like flicking a switch with Bill C6. On this one it takes longer.” Solution will be to increase the capacity for immigration in this country – the max is currently at 300,000 – want to increase this to accommodate the possibility of more immigrants and more spouses to get these processing times. We will do this by: 1) more money and 2) more importantly need to do things more efficiently. Need to learn from experience in Lebanon and Jordon with the Refugees – where they processed applications fast, but equally well, super fast, but concurrently, ABC together, not A then B then C. Must transfer over the experience with refugees to family class applications – do it just as well, but much more efficiently. – we did it for refugees, so of course we can do it for other – he told his department to “get to work”. This is what the department is doing – we will have positive news on spouses in coming weeks. – which could means months as usual. 5. Changes to Economic Class Applications On “Economic Immigrants” – MM hates this term because all immigrants are economic. When you say “economic immigrants” it implies that the economic immigrants contribute and the others do not. In 2016 many family members work – parents and grandparents enable the father and mother to work even when they do not work. Refugees also work and contribute in the medium run – “let's not use the word economic immigrants because all immigrants contribute to the country in one degree or another” 6. Possible changes to the Express Entry regime In election campaign the liberals were neither critical nor praising of EE because it was so brand new. Now in process of seeking ways to reform express entry and MM values CBA input…. Had a meeting with Ontario Business People at an Ontario Chamber of Commerce and they ranked the different streams for PR status in Canada as: TFWP PNP, EE MM would like to see this reversed. Express Entry should be the favored process for businesses wanting immigrants, then PNP, then TFW. Challenge for MM is to make EE more flexible, more fluid, more desirable for businesses wanting to bring immigrants to Canada. Make it the first choice and not the third choice of businesses. The First proposed change and most for sure is He thinks International Students are the best source of immigrant to Canada– because they know French and English, because they know Canada, because they are educated, because they are young, all good reasons to be great Canadians “we should encourage them to come here and not slap them in the face by taking away their 50% credit for time in Canada, so I want to make it easier and give more points to facilitate their entry to Canada as PRs, that is pretty well for sure, other things are less for sure… … looking at possibly less points for people getting LMIA approved Job Offer because right now it is totally dominant and has certain unintended consequences. Possibly limit ore eliminate the use of the LMIA under Express Entry…. NOT committed to doing this, but certainly committed to looking at doing it very seriously. It is something they will look into very seriously. 7. Proposed Overhaul of the Live-in Caregiver Program MM thinks it is a great program both for young people and aging people – processing times will be coming down automatically in the next months. One major thing is that they will honor their campaign promise make significant changes to how the program works. They intend to a have a system of regulated companies who hire caregivers on behalf of families needing them and deploy them to households that need them. Changes will help Families because they will be spared the hassle of the LMIA AND– will benefit the caregiver because if household is a problem, the company can transfer caregiver from household A to B. thus protecting the interestswill help both sides, the family and caregivers by doing this. 8. How is IRCC dealing with the challenges of two departments (including CBSA) administering immigration? Sunny Days have arrived with IRCC, but have not yet arrived with CBSA. – Separation of immigration into CIC and CBSA in the past Question = has any consideration been given to bringing CBSA and IRCC back together? He can't speak for CBSA, but knows there has been a culture of enforcement throughout CBSA that public servants are awarded for catching as many bad people as possible. Understand there is a quota for how many refugees they expose – there is definitely scope for improvement within CBSA – Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety is working on these issues. 9. What does the future hold for Provincial Nominee Programs? When asked whether Liberals are considering increasing allocation of nominations to the provinces? MM is of two minds on this issue. He is willing to do whatever is best for the country, but being a federal person, it is not to have the federal roll disappear altogether. 50% of economic immigrants come through the PNPs. If that is best for Canada…fine. But big theme of his speech was to improve EE so it becomes the first choice for employers. So priority right now is to improve EE. Want companies to see the Federal program EE as their first choice of what is most flexible, best, accommodating choice, there would be less demand on PNPs each year – he wants to add more immigration, but first desire is to improve the federal program so that is more attractive for employers. 10. What is in store for International Students? some people say MM has a habit of moving too fast, but some times it is important to do it fast – there is some urgency in this matter (international students)– thinking of doing the following in stages: Stage 1 – give more points to students under Express Entry Stage 2- do other things to improve EE but hoping for him to do the student thing as quickly as he can – you would agree that Ministerial Instructions for these purposes are for a good cause.