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#233 - China, Espionage and Canadian Immigration Law: How Far Is Too Far?, with Joanna Chiu

September 29, 2026

How should Canada respond to concerns about Chinese espionage and foreign interference without treating every connection to China as a national security threat? Joanna Chiu, journalist, author of China Unbound: A New World Disorder and founder of Nüora Global Advisors, joins the Borderlines Podcast to discuss how the Chinese Communist Party operates at home and abroad, and what that means for Canadian immigration law. We discuss the United Front Work Department, the Overseas Chinese Affairs O...

#232 - Firing Foreign Workers: Immigration Status, Severance & Employment Law

September 22, 2026

What happens when a foreign worker loses their authorization to work in Canada? Can an employer put them on unpaid leave? Lay them off? Terminate them? And what happens to severance when a worker’s immigration status makes it difficult, or impossible, to find another job?Employment lawyer Erin Brandt returns to Borderlines to discuss the increasingly important intersection between Canadian immigration and employment law.We discuss:• The difference between termination, temporary layoffs and un...

#231 - Trump, the Canada–U.S. Border and the Future of U.S. Immigration, with Andrew Hayes

September 14, 2026

What has actually changed at the Canada–U.S. border under the second Trump administration, and what is just noise?U.S. immigration lawyer Andrew Hayes joins to discuss the state of U.S. immigration law and what it means for Canadians travelling, working and doing business in the United States.In brief, while Canadian tourism to the United States is down, an increased number of Canadian citizens and permanent residents are moving to America. Topics include whether Canadians should be worried a...