[hockeycop]

I do agree with the Immigration Officer and likely would have made the same decision. Take the media spin out of it and look at the facts:

- unemployed (quit her job)
- homeless (gave up her apartment)
- one way ticket (don't even need to explain this)
- limited funds ($6000 can go fast in a place like the UK)
- no real ties to her home country (she quit everything and gave up her place)

Simple denied entry. Not deported and not banned from returning. If she would have followed the advice of the "journalist" and lied, she probably would still be in a detention facility. They were suspicious already, so if she lied it would have probably went like this:

IO: Do you have a job back home?
Traveler: Yes
IO: Where? What do you do? Are you still employed?
Trav: I am a dental assistant in Alberta. Ummm... Yes.
IO: Show me some proof. Recent pay stub? Or I could call your place of employment to verify you are just on leave and have a job to return to.
Trav: Ummm... Ok, I quit my job. Sorry for the lie.
IO: You just comitted a federal offence. You will now be deported and barred from returning.
Trav: Oh... fiddlesticks.

I should also add that has nothing to do with "not wanting our tourist dollars". It has everything to do with protecting THEIR country from unlawful immigration practices. Millions of visitors visit their country every year, a handful of Canadians get denied for this same reason. I support their right to keep undesireable and nonbonafide travelers out of their country. If you think Canadian Immigration Officers don't deal with similar cases and do the same thing, you're fooling yourself. It just doesn't make the news every time, because IT IS NOT NEWS!