Thread: Welfare Woman Denied At Canadian Border

Welfare Woman Denied At Canadian Border
Canadian couple who tried to bring Kelley into the country in their car twice also filed a complaint

by OfficialWire NewsDesk


SARNIA, ONTARIO CANADA — (OfficialWire) — 05/07/09 — Discrimination complaints from both sides of the border have been filed after a U.S. woman was denied entry into Canada because she is on welfare.

Canada Border Services Agency officials Sunday twice refused Rose Kelley, 25, of Owosso, Mich., entry into the country at the Sarnia, Ontario, border crossing at the base of Lake Huron, Sun media reported Thursday.

In her written complaint to the agency, Kelley said the officer ignored the fact a Canadian couple was paying for her visit with them.

"The officer said a person on welfare shouldn't be going on vacation," Kelley said in her May 4 complaint to the CBSA. "He said: 'You really should not come back to the border until your life drastically changes.'"

The Canadian couple who tried to bring Kelley into the country in their car twice also filed a complaint, the report said.

A CBSA spokesman told the news agency visitors must show they can financially support themselves while in Canada.


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A CBSA spokesman told the news agency visitors must show they can financially support themselves while in Canada.

We are suppose to do the same thing here but we instead give them WELFARE!!!
When you get citizenship don't you have to prove you can take care of yourself?
At least Canada makes common sense rules and FOLLOWS THEM!

A CBSA spokesman told the news agency visitors must show they can financially support themselves while in Canada.

Whoa......how can Canada, also a member of NAFTA, get away with this and we can't?????

IMO, a country has every right to control their border(s) however they see fit.

Originally Posted by carolinamtnwoman

A CBSA spokesman told the news agency visitors must show they can financially support themselves while in Canada.

Whoa......how can Canada, also a member of NAFTA, get away with this and we can't?????

I think it's we WON'T vs can't.