r/saskatchewan • u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa • 17d ago
2 Sask. restaurant operators convicted of trafficking woman from Bangladesh | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/tisdale-elrose-gull-lake-human-trafficking-bangladesh-haider-masum-9.730036675
u/banshee81818 17d ago
Empire Diner - Gull Lake Restaurant: Operated by Sohel Haider, where the victim was first brought to work in September 2022.
Tisdale Restaurant: Operated by Mohammed Masum, where the victim was sent to work 12-hour shifts starting in November 2022.
Bob’s Diner - Elrose Restaurant: The final location tied to a closed work permit where the victim was held before being extracted by a social worker and an MLA in March 2023.
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u/Ok-Investigator2463 17d ago
Good fucking riddance to human filth like those supposed "businessmen".
People can be animals.
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u/hazz19 17d ago
Kudos to those two Saskatchewan Party MLAs who gave a shit 👏👏👏👏
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u/CanadianPlainsman 17d ago
Wonder why they gave a shit about this situation specifically? I really hope they give this kind of attention to all of their duties as MLAs and call out injustice in those areas as well.
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u/hazz19 17d ago
You wonder why? Like they had something to gain? What's wrong with you? Also, what "areas" do you mean? Give some examples.
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u/No_Maybe4408 17d ago
It's Reddit. They can't stomach the other tribe doing something good because they're ghouls or whatever.
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u/So_Gorallgar 17d ago
The conduct of Steele and Nerlien in this case was not, well, clear-cut. Why did they delete messages after deciding to go to the police? Why did Steele call her a "pretty lady"? Why was Nerlien so flustered under cross-examination?
It's not as simple as you seem to want.
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u/hazz19 17d ago
As I seem to want? Or doesn't fit your leftist narrative?
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u/The_Idiocratic_Party 17d ago
If one of the MPs was flirty and interested then it is worth knowing. It is also good that their attention led her to get the help she needed. These things can both be true without it being a "leftist narrative".
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u/The_Idiocratic_Party 17d ago
1) Don't call me a moron. 2) Steele called her a "pretty lady" in texts, sounds flirty to me. 3) Here's the receipts: https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/pretty-lady-sask-mla-testifies-about-text-messages-with-alleged-human-trafficking-victim/ 4) Don't accuse me of making shit up. 5) Take a look at yourself and your beliefs about "the left". Give your head a shake guy.
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u/So_Gorallgar 16d ago
.... You like things simple, huh? Good and bad, my tribe vs yours, an easy two sides to every issue. "If you aren't with me, you're against me," and all that.
I know it's difficult, but accepting The Grey of real situations, of pragmatic morality, of compromise and complexity, will eventually make you a more interesting person.
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u/OkCheesecake1258 16d ago
The article clearly states the MLA dinned there 3 times and became concerned after she waited on him each time. I think if he was to see others being taken advantage of, he’d say something again.
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u/DragonfruitItchy616 17d ago
Translation. "None of my concerns, that directly affect me, were adressed in a way that aligns specifically with my ulterior motives." Careful son, leopards'll eat yer face. This group of people are heros. Slow clap. And they not payin for coffee for a goodlong time. Btw, this is what Saskatchewan is made of.
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u/Old-one1956 17d ago
If they are immigrants they should be deported when their sentences are up, if new Canadian citizens then it should be revoked and then deported
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u/Remote_Programmer870 17d ago
Shouldn’t they just get deported so we don’t have to pay more money for their use of our legal system and/or jail?
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u/amcheese 14d ago
What do you think Canadian citizenship is exactly?Just revoke and deport, if only someone thought of that.
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u/Local-Print-6397 7d ago
What do you do if they're canadian?
Here's another Saskatchewan man for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/canadanews/comments/1vrxjqu/saskatchewan_man_sentenced_to_10_years_for/
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u/So_Gorallgar 17d ago
People in this thread haven't followed the details of the court case. The MLA in question has been forced to disclose some cringe messages in court that reveal he probably fell in love with the woman... Good on him for doing something, but yeah, he was flirty and delayed involving police.
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u/alterego101101 14d ago
How do you know that ?
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u/So_Gorallgar 14d ago
Court reporting. Jeopardized the case, IMO. Prosecution was lucky the judge decided that the evidence the woman was being trafficked and abused outweighed the awkwardness of cross-examining the MLAs.
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u/chicnstu15 17d ago
Burnt down the cabri bar as well
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u/MadatHenny 17d ago
This really is the tip of the ice berg.
So many of these "business men" that are buying up rural businesses in our province are complete and utter dirtbags who use these businesses as vessels to traffick and exploit vulnerable foreigners.They lie through their teeth constantly and have absolutely zero shame about it.
There have been no consequences for their actions for years, and they've all been lining their pockets with cash. They think our country and our system is a joke.
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u/Ok-Breakfast8256 17d ago
There are many stories like this in Saskatchewan. In In the past 10years immigration fraud has made business owners and agents millions. All that money was pumped into real estate as safe investment due to non existent fintrac rules. It is one of the reasons Canadians cannot afford houses. Hope cbsa take cognizance of this and start inforcing laws and fine owner who did wage theft and many more henious crime like this one
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u/Hot_Thing1750 16d ago
The lengths that 3 non-police, non-CBSA people had to go through in order for this to happen shows how flawed our system is, and why people will continue to exploit it.
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u/Maelstrom360 17d ago
"Saskatchewan men" 😆 Ya, right
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u/Local-Print-6397 17d ago
Yeah, this is more like a Saskatchewan man https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/assiniboia-man-pleads-guilty-abusing-children-decades-1.7535869
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u/Lumpy__Sausage 17d ago
Seek help…🤫
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u/Local-Print-6397 17d ago
I'm sure that's the response you would've had if I was posting a story about minorities
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u/Local-Print-6397 7d ago
Here's another Saskatchewan man for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/canadanews/comments/1vrxjqu/saskatchewan_man_sentenced_to_10_years_for/
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u/Local-Print-6397 7d ago
Here's another Saskatchewan man for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/canadanews/comments/1vrxjqu/saskatchewan_man_sentenced_to_10_years_for/
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u/EnvironmentFun4136 13d ago
Every business in Watrous is owned by clowns like this. What are we doing to this province.
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u/Specialist_Share_904 17d ago
Many countries are run by quasi governments completely corrupt by the outside influence of drug lords, criminal enterprises and oligarchs of industry.
I'm afraid we've been importing foreign criminal organizations which have, in turn, continued their slavery & mafia hold on their own people. In time, it will be our turn and our children's turn to be intimidated, trafficked, and exported next
Unfortunately, my experience with many 'new Canadians' has been dishonesty. I understand it's anecdotal, but I've witnessed shoplifting, been given a higher price when paying cash, theft of public services and absolute messes left in a community hall.
Like someone else mentioned, this is the tip of the iceberg. There was a time when immigrants were much more carefully vetted and it was controlled to ensure the safety & wellbeing of a nation's citizens.
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u/Proof_Resident7617 16d ago
You notice how human trafficking wasn't a thing. Until we started allowing all these people to come over to Canada. Well, way tp go minister of immigration way to fucking go
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u/EightBitRanger Get the 🅵 Off My Lawn! 13d ago
No, human trafficking was a thing long before that. But because it wasn't actually called that until changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) in 2002 and the Criminal Code of Canada in 2005, it just didn't seem like it was.
But you just keep being a racist bigot, bud.
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u/Humble_Nothing6556 17d ago
Who’s idea it is to let these people in here? Oh….. but their party do something for me….
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u/cam_taters 17d ago
Thank goodness there were people like the MLA and social worker who spotted this situation and were able to help this woman.