Woman sentenced to prison for falsely claiming her daughters were Inuit

A woman who falsely claimed her daughters were Inuit has been sentenced to prison. Heather Wright reports.

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[villain]

She has 2 properties in Toronto paid off. Repeat fraud offender

[kevinforget]

Let me get this straight. They were given 158k for saying they were Inuit? Who's paying for all this?

[sarah]

Daughters should have been charged too, they're adults and knew what they were doing

[Centurio-LegioX-Equestris]

I blame stupid policymakers and their stupid decisions. DNA tests is a must for 100 percent of cases. Too many fraudsters in Canada!

[bibipersaud]

Why on earth they are not deported for

[JCNeylan]

They look like East Indians.... I have no problems with DNA testing....

[bvictoria]

Seems like there's an abundance of these grifters from coast to coast. Time to GO!

[timberwolfdtproductions]

Disgusting. Can they be deported? I hate scammers!

[leona]

Why don't they get free education why is it just the Inuit getting free education see this is where I don't agree I don't agree with what she did not even close that's not fair but what else is unfair is that no one else gets this sort of treatment I grew up in foster care I don't have family and I don't get anything like this I have extremely hard life, it's ridiculous

[EarnestinaFairchild]

I thought that all Canadians were equal citizens. I didn’t know that some Canadians get preferential treatment (free scholarships and jobs) because of their ethnicity. What else?

[joept]

The typical scammers. Phone call scams galore

[alic]

Daughters should go to jail. They should all get long jail sentences.

[kungfreddie]

So... making up ur different sex = fine, making up ur from a differemt place = horrible. Can someone plz make it make sense???!! I dont understand the logic behind this at all...

[goji]

not sure i understand, if men can be women, why can't these girls be Inuit, if the identify as such?

[eulhavoc]

This is what happens when “victim mentality” is promoted everywhere.

[dewdrop]

The look East Indians that Bleached their skin .😮

[CanadaDubaigirl]

Okay I’m not condoning this but how is she sentenced to prison while repeat violent offenders and daily carjackers are out on streets ?

[johnnyshanksalot]

But if you can legally become whatever you 'identify as' the moment that you say so & it's a severe hate crime that can incur jail time for anyone to suggest otherwise then her actions cannot be fraud by very definition. I myself identify as PM & am ordering a full pardon + $100B in damages to this stunning/brave Inuk hero & if anyone disagrees, they can tell it to the human rights tribunal!

[MR.PRESIDENTOFFICIAL]

what about those in Australia claiming to be aboriginal for the incredible benefits?

[B.D.F.]

Yeah, they definitely don’t look Inuit, more like south/south-east Asian with that facial structure.