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Kate 10:48 on 2025-12-21 Permalink Reply  

• Kevin 12:32 on 2025-12-21 Permalink

  The Gazette puts out feature articles to profile the recipients, and I know several people who decided not to make a contribution after reading this article

  https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/christmas-fund-her-sons-autism-prevents-her-from-working-but-the-bills-keep-coming

• Kate 13:26 on 2025-12-21 Permalink

  Is the problem that the woman came here on the skilled worker program, but has a high‑needs child and can’t work?

  If find it odd that although she talks about a husband back home, she’s not actually married to him yet.

  Also, is someone who’s in Canada via that program in a position to sponsor another immigrant?

• jeather 14:55 on 2025-12-21 Permalink

  It sounds like she planned to work but her son got worse and she can’t care for him solo while working, especially as his school is distant from where they live. Unclear why she isn’t moving near his school, though 3 years without a job makes a new job hard to get.

• Kate 15:51 on 2025-12-21 Permalink

  And 3 years without a job makes it hard to move to a new place, as well.

  Kevin, can you explain for us what people are finding hard to believe about the story?

• jeather 16:27 on 2025-12-21 Permalink

  I assumed this isn’t his first year at the school.

• Kevin 23:33 on 2025-12-21 Permalink

  Kate
  Oh they believed it. They just felt the person who recently flew overseas was coming across as entitled instead of being needy.