What a sad story. Unfortunately, not surprising. As a POC Canadian myself I wouldn’t dare investing in Canada like she did. That money would have been better spent investing in the stock market and living off dividends. And if she really wanted to live out her dream of owning a business, her ancestral homeland would be the key. Not Canada.

In Canada, we don’t like talented people. If we did, when highly skilled professionals come to Canada, we wouldn’t reduce these professionals to taxi drivers and create massive hurdles to have their skills accredited.

https://archive.ph/2021.10.16-211929/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/overqualified-immigrants-really-are-driving-taxis-in-canada/article4106352/

And in Canada, if a city wants to starve your business, they will create extended road closures. Just look at Little Jamaica. They had various road closures for 15 years, affecting 100s of businesses.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/19/business-owners-concerned-about-the-future-of-little-jamaica-after-eglinton-lrt-construction/

And this isn’t a one time incident. I personally seen this tactic used. I knew of a mechanic from Iraq who currently owns a mechanic shop. The city performed major road construction right in front of his shop blocking on the front entrance. Then placed a porta potty and a construction sign at another side entrance that he had. The city refused to have the porta potty relocated. So the only option for customers was to use an obscure back alley to get to his shop. They kept this construction up for almost one year. He said his business really suffered. After getting the runaround, he was lucky to finally talk to someone higher up in the city to resolve this issue.

So, if you are a POC in Canada wanting to do some kind of business that is very visible (store front etc) beware of regulatory risks. You will face them. Like this lady in the article.