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The Federal Court recently announced to have launched a new ‘pilot project’ in Toronto, which is aimed to tackle the usually time-sensitive study, work and visitor permit cases more efficiently. The spokesperson for the Federal Court, Roula Eatrides, explained that it often took as long as 200 days for people to contest the denial of a permit to enter Canada and get a court date after being granted leave.
Such long delays usually placed immense risk of missing a loved one’s wedding or the start of school, hence the objective of this pilot project is to decrease the wait times down to 45-60 days by convincing both parties to agree on condensing the mandatory two-hour hearing down to 45-minute hearing. In case the project produces good results, it will be expanded to other cities along with other types of decisions made under the Immigration Refugee Protection Act like those related to refugees.
Eatrides stated that “the cases we identified for this pilot project are decisions like study permits, work permits and temporary resident permits so the facts are pretty simple. There isn’t a lot of complex case-law.” Additionally, Eatrides explained that the project was conceived after extensive discussions with stakeholders across the country on what to do about access to justice and speeding up court dates. She also mentioned that “if parties would agree to having a shortened hearing . . . we would be able to schedule a lot faster and we would also be able to issue decisions more quickly.”
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