🇨🇦 Former Walmart worker who stole over $7K worth of stuff given house arrest partially due to 'risk of deportation'

So deportation risk is now a sentencing discount in Canada. A woman who came on a student visa, later got permanent residency in 2024, stole more than $7,000 from her employer on at least 14 occasions over five weeks, used insider knowledge to game the system, and still landed house arrest after the court weighed collateral immigration consequences, as reported. That is not equal justice. That is an immigration workaround dressed up as compassion.

The absurdity writes itself. The offence carries a maximum of 10 years. The ruling itself notes theft from an employer usually does not warrant a discharge because it is a breach of trust. Yet the system bends over backward to make sure the consequences of committing the crime do not interfere with immigration status. In plain English, Canada is telling citizens, employers, and every future scammer that protecting the pipeline matters more than deterrence, sovereignty, or basic standards. Trudeau-era Canada turned borders into a suggestion and consequences into therapy.

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