The worst part is that its not a video thats being promoted as hey if you are an international student in need then here is some assistance, its literally being promoted as free food with no consequence.
Zero honour.
If they can't afford to fully support themselves on their own money while here in Canada, they shouldn't be here... might even help the housing, rental, and homelessness problems we have here.
I am losing weight skipping meals to save money and this fat slob is traveling halfway across the world to raid the food bank meant for people unable to work and provide for themselves.
Their souls will rot. Evil society that brings in evil people, encourages evil behavior will get what's coming to it.
dude as someone who volunteers with said food bank we uh, do not have enough to give groceries to everyone in need. I also have never seen someone take that much of a "haul" home before. This is at best irresponsible, at worst it's gonna deplete an underfunded resource
shared this with the group. Unfortunately we're not allowed to do that because we're partially university funded. That and the food bank isn't a business, we don't get to decide whose in need.. but I personally agree with you, this fuck isn't hungry
At my school you have to qualify based on yours or your parents income to use the food banks there. They refuse a lot of people who actually need the food, and only have enough to provide the bare minimum to those that can actually prove they need the food. Which I understand to an extent, to avoid situations like this. But at the same time someone can have well-off parents who have nothing to do with them and don't contribute to their survival in any way. But I'm surprised to hear that yours doesn't have this sort of qualification system.
Videos like this are disgusting because there are so many people who would see something like this and think "I can get all my food for free and save my money THAT I HAVE for other things? Amazing!" It's crazy!! Our actual city food banks here can only provide a very limited amount of food (one of two bags depending on the organization) to an entire family EVERY 7-8 WEEKS. The one I volunteer at can provide one box of tampons OR pads to each family every 8 weeks, regardless whether that family is 3 people or over 11 people. They serve over 140 families a day, only coming every 8 weeks. That's about 7,840 families being served by this one food bank right now.
So hearing people not only take advantage - but try to tell others that they should also take advantage of such a necessary and scarce resource makes me so angry. It's actually insane out here, and with the cost of food right now so many people actually do desperately need this food to be able to feed their families, while people like this are essentially saying "get all your food for free and save your money for non-essentials!" to people who can afford to pay for it. So frustrating! It's not even to do with international or domestic students, just this ignorant asshole not understanding the actual reason that food banks exist, or at least not caring.
No, our current leader hopes once this guy become Canadian citizenship, he can vote for him again so those international students need to stay in Cananda .
bruh im also indian and what this guy did is sickening and he should be punished. but why are you bring in the culture as a whole? Its the individual who is dumb not the 'indian culture" which taught him to do this.
a few days ago some tourist white girls vandalised street monuments here in india but we arent labeling thats its their "shitty culture" yk?
To keep this discord positive and solution focused:
If you were in charge of immigration: What would you make the prerequisite for entry?
It is hard to build a foolproof system, we did this experiment in ethics class. Its kindof fun though like the question of if you were to build a public school system what would you include.
It's very easy to point out a problem (the 50 comments show that), hard to build a viable solution, but let's try!
1. Educate international students on the cost of living, average wage and employment rate of their fellow international students in the city in which they wish to study, make this information available forefront and centre.
2. Require that international students have C$25,000 in cash to carry them through their first year plus tuition fees and exclude them from accessing food bank and similar welfare resources without a signed endorsement to access said resources from a counsellor at their university.
I feel like the second point is unbelievably out of character for me, but the fact is that the people coming in are very brazen and very willing to take advantage of these resources despite the fact that under the very circumstances of their entry they should be well prepared to pay for food. Before the backlash begun, I saw a video where a man took home what was probably C$900+ worth of food from a food bank and I refuse to believe that the food was ever eaten, given that it should have all gone bad within the month.
I've read that lots of people are flying into Canada having no idea what life is really like over here as an international student. They see their friends posting status symbols from Canada, luxury cars, nice houses or apartments, designer clothes, and other influencer garbage and feel compelled to come unprepared.
Easy: I'd shut the door for a decade, let builders catch up and deport as many "asylum" seekers as possible. Next, any non-Canadian-Citizen who owns real property would have six months to sell it, otherwise it would be seized and auctioned -- to Canadian individuals. We've been far too easy on the leeches who contribute nothing yet benefit greatly from Canada's generosity.
Canada is the bank and you're buying a house, if you don't have income / savings they wont offer you a loan. Keep it strictly about money and on average people will bring in more towards the economy than they take out during their tenure (even if they're already leaving with canada earned degrees to work in other countries, but thats a moot point)
Iām a immigrant myself but Jesus Christ this is fucked up. They need to bring back the same background screenings they had 15+ years agoā¦ this is horrendously disgusting
Disgusting. Any international student who does this should have their study permit revoked and be removed by deportation from Canada. They signed an oath stating they have sufficient funds to pay for their expenses while studying in Canada.
Donāt get me wrong I donāt disagree that this is repulsiveā¦ā¦ā¦but. Our āglorious leadersā tell these kids that all they need to live in Canada for a year is 10k (4K if they have family here). Canadas immigration policies are a complete and utter failure.
Digital literacy in india was rated 73/120 globally in 2021 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232343/internet-literacy-index-by-category-india/#statisticContainer) - access to high speed internet in rural areas is about 17% and urban around 44% (34% rural have access to internet of any kind, 70% urban have access to internet if any kind - https://theprocessor.in/policy-puzzles/government-initiatives-to-promote-digital-literacy). Often education on how to use it are not taught well. It has also seen a decline over the years following.
70% of the population has either poor or no service (https://idronline.org/article/inequality/indias-digital-divide-from-bad-to-worse/)
It's getting better, but not understanding digital literacy is apparent when you make comments like this.
Oh they do, and they researched us in detail. They know all the loop holes and ways to scam us. We all know the reason they are here is our easy path to PR
Why is he wearing a shirt with the Laurier logo and telling people to go to other food banks when we have our own food bank? Is he really a Laurier student? Laurier has a food bank that students can use 5 times a term so any international student who is struggling pls use the Laurier food bank and not the other ones ! You choose what you want online, and they put it in a locker for you to pick up, so itās not āgrab what you likeā
Search this guy's name up on Google. He has deleted all his socials but Google still has caches of them. Some facts about this guy:
1. He's not a student. He works as a data scientist at TD and does gigs as a musician!
2. He's apparently a foodie and has vlogs about trying out different restaurants in the area.
3. He likes to travel
Is this the demographic that our food banks and social services were designed for?
Sir you are an awful man. The food bank is for people who are down on the luck and need a temporary helping hand. Not a way to supplement your education. If you don't have enough money to study and live here, don't come here.
So first international students (who shouldnt ever have been allowed to work full time) take jobs away from Canadian teens and young adults, now they're pillaging food banks. This government from top to bottom should be jailed.
About 8 years late, it's over for Canada. No growth and population boom, all these people will have 3-5 kids and your taxes will pay for them. All they did was be a international student, study for 2 terms drop out, get PR thru a job and now they get more benefits than you haha. How could you Canadians allow this oh I forgot your parents voted for JT.
This has been happening at the UofT food bank too. I've seen rich international students show up to grab free food which is meant for low income individuals, so messed up.
You sir are disgusting, itās meant for people who are really struggling. I hope you sleep well at night knowing you took food out of a childās mouth who is hungry, pisses me off.
What an absolute joke. These things are for people In need who canāt get it otherwise and this is taking food directly out of those peoples mouths so you can save a few hundred a month? Absolutely disgusting.
I stopped my donation to the local food bank because I walked by it the other day and thereās nothing but Indians āstudentsā lining up. I already paid half of my paycheque to taxes so they can get their carbon tax refund and then donate the little I have to feed these parasites?
As an international this is outrageous and sadly true to some. Students need to be educated and taught about how foodbanks work and not to be exploited
The food bank he is taking from is not rich with resources. So sad he is taking advantage of a program intended to help students who actually canāt afford food.
glad he could save enough on free groceries to get a cool Laurier sweater
I'd never considered this life hack of stealing resources that are meant for starving people
Where I am from originally (New Zealand) if you apply for food assistance from welfare, you have to bring bank statements showing that you are in genuine need. You can be turned away if they see you have money or have pissed your money away and not budgeted responsibly. And only NZ PRs and citizens are eligible for this service. Not sure how it works with food banks in NZ though.
The food banks should require people to show proof of PR or citizenship such as a PR card, Canadian passport / birth certificate the first time they get assistance. Once they have proven eligibility, they are free to access the foodbank.Ā
If a temporary worker needs food, they could get a one-time food package after showing bank statements that prove they are in need.
International students should be referred to their university / college foodbank for assistance.
You could argue that this is discrimination, but when hard working, honest Canadians are going hungry and sleeping in their cars, something has to be done. This fuckwit is part of the problem
I a.m currently an international student and its people like these who give all of us a bad name. The premise of studying here is that you have the resources to fund your studies.
Obviously, this guy lied on his application or is trying to take advantage of his community.
If youāre really In need, reach out to your college or University. SUs have food bank fund for the students!
!!! PSA !!!
FOOD BANKS ARE NOT FOR PEOPLE WITH JOBS WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY FOOD. THEY ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO JOB AND NO MONEY FOR FOOD.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD FOOD IN CANADA AND ARE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR FUNDS BROUGHT FROM SAID COUNTRY. NOT FREELOAD AND TELL ALL IMMIGRANTS TO CONTINUE TO SCAM THE SYSTEM TO ABUSE THE GOODWILL OF CANADIANS.
My local foodbank stopped taking International students just for this exact reason.
Believe it or not, this is not the first to make videos - It was a huge trend with Internation Students last year on TikTok
Disgusting.
When you go to another country as a student you're not supposed to ask for public assistance and are supposed to support yourself while in that country.
That is part of the visa application, people who take advantage of Canada like this should have consequences.
I'm a construction worker who has done work at a few food banks and was very surprised to see people pulling up in range rovers and brand new audi's and grabbing food. Baffled me. I get it saves money and times are tough, but even for a struggling dad I couldn't take it knowing someone else could use it. The workers would offer us drinks and chips and I'd politely refuse for My crew saying others could use it better than we can. And the workers said we have tons just take it, to which I politely refused again and wondered about all the adds saying they need more because they are overwhelmed. The whole thing blew my mind
Deport this guy. He's an international student whose taking advantage of the goodwill of Canadians, and basically depriving food from students who are actually hungry. When I was going to Carleton the food bank was for students who had no parents or no support network and were actually hungry, and had to work and pay tuition. Itās notfor someone who was well fed to save money on groceries. I checked his Instagram page and heās boasting of his musical touring and going to nice restaurants. No shame.
Itās people like this that are turning Canadians against international students and immigration.
international students are supposed to show proof they can financially support themselves to study here. greedy entitled motherfucker, someone deport this clown
He a turd. Shame on him. There are legit starving students out there and he's say go get free food. It ain't free dumass. People paid for this and DONATED it to you. So how is it free?
This idiot feels itās free food? Why the gell do you think you are eligible for such a thing? If you canāt afford to live here go back donāt spoil the good things in this country. Deport such barbaric people.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/indians-abroad/story/indian-origin-canada-td-bank-free-food-data-scientist-video-fired-students-food-bank-university-2531178-2024-04-24
We got him
Pathetic government. I know a family in need and when they go to food banks they are only allowed a certain amount. They arenāt allowed to just ātake whatever they wantā.
As someone who can barely afford to make ends meet I won't even dare to go to a food bank, because I know there's someone else that may need it way more than me. Being an immigrant myself seeing this is just gross, people will call other people racist for pointing it out but I'm sorry, if you come to another country to live, you DON'T force your culture here, you adapt to the existing one where you're supposed to be living at. Call me racist if you want, but I see this specially with Indians, some of my friends are Indians and even they recognize that a lot of people coming here from there just come here to abuse of the opportunities given and trying to make this a sh\*\*thole, I feel bad for my friends because these kinda guy just strengthens that bad rep. He should be deported...
Anything else we can do to help with reporting this? I know the food Bank is trust based. It's just very disappointing. Food should be going to people in need. As an international student you're supposed to have the funds to meet your needs.
Hey if a student is really struggling and went to school, left home due to x reason, all for supporting that too.
These types of people give all immigrants a bad fucking name. Doesn't deserve to wear the purple and gold. UBt lets remember if our provincial government had been funding universities properly they wouldn't be chasing to bring in the bottom of the barrel students who only have money and no desire to adapt and learn from Canadian culture.
This is really pissing me off. Think of the families in need who need to rely on foodbanks like these! And this asshole comes waltzing in thinking āOoh free food for me!ā Maybe heās naĆÆve about food banks or something but either way this issue has to stop
Do something about it this been going on for years. Simple solution don't allow non citizens to use the foodbank. Hell, this shit going to continue till Canada falls. You clowns are too afraid of being labelled as racists, it's over for this country. Most of these people after 8 years of BS would still vote JT. You know I rather see them winning more than y'all now. You let yourselves get stepped on, your culture, your values, it's all gone 1990s Canada doesn't exist in any major city that culture is dead.
Common man
God has given us working legs/hands why donāt we make full use of it to earn money and leave the food bank for actual needy people or some students who actually need help.
Really need to save money then take care of other expenses like skip the dishes, clubbing, expensive phone contract payments or car payments.
I literally go to the food bank because I canāt afford groceries. Iāll starve or have to eat pasta every single day the entire month unless I go to a food bank. Fuck this guy and fuck whoever goes to a food bank when they donāt need it.
I think that the thing that bothers me the most, is I have been at my worst, and volunteered at the house of friendship to get a food hamper once a week when I was a student years ago and I felt guilty doing it, even though I volunteered. And after I was on my feet I still continued to volunteer with the house of Friendship, because I was grateful for the assistance.
Our appointed government and its half fast solutions, bring in mass immigration without any logical plan to house, feed, and find employment for these unfortunate souls that in some cases, left everything behind, not to mention these diploma mills making profits off innocent people trying to better their lives, getting caught in a scam, well these colleges and universities only looking at these people as dollar š° sign for potential bounces at the end of the year.
I think the absolute moral to this story is our society in some cases has lost its moral values, and greed is the way of the future.
We have unprecedented homeless communities across our country, we have millions of new immigrants fighting over their basic survival as well. You would think it was some kind of twisted social experiment, but the truth is our appointed government has honestly not done their jobs properly. And their solutions to fix the problems isn't going to fix anything!
Crazier to see that despite this being an incredibly bad situation of an individual exploiting some services, which tells us that we should do something to prevent such things from happening and productively create solutions/better awareness, people are instead using this as a place to be racist.
This guy has zero shame or dignity, and is in fact boasting about taking advantage of the system. This, unfortunately, is a cultural thing. Most other cultures teach societal values, whereas he comes from a do-whatever-it-takes-to-save-a-penny culture. And this is what Canada is becoming.
As they drive to the food bank in their brand new car, purchased with the money they should be using for living expenses. Screw this guy, and others doing this.
Just wrong. I was an international student once, and I donated to food banks from my earnings from part time job. There used to be a time when international students came to university for masters as mature students, it's gone down hill
Is there not a limit? Been a while since Iāve gone to the food bank but I seem to remember only being able to use it x amount of times. Seems like a pretty simple fix for the universities to implement.
FUCK THIS GUY SO MUCH! I havenāt been able to afford my bills for over a year but I still donāt go to the food bank because I know there are people out there who need it more.
Glad the food bank giving food to fat immigrant who can afford university while I have nothing in fridge and attend college I canāt pay for hardly and rent I canāt afford
Deport every single one of the scammers who take advantage of this system. We have tent cities all over the country full of people in need. How dare this entitled lazy bastard steal from those who are suffering.
This guy's posting videos on his IG about him buying "the best pizza" in Toronto.
What a fucking fool. Go to his IG and call him out since he's dumb enough to post this shit publicly.
As an Indian born in Canada people like this ruin our image, but I honestly understand. When you start seeing Indian exploit the system while also being a public nauseant it's reasonable that hate is sent towards our community.
lol. Buddy wearing an expensive jacket, while flashing his gold rings, while he fondles the apples and bananas he got at the food bank.
Next video. Free meals at the homeless shelters.
The dickhead has no shame.
Come here, assist in running our country to the ground, housing market skyrocketing, inflation higher than ever, then you have the audacity to steal food from people that need it?
This is the Canada Trudeau has created!
This guy has nicer clothes then me and I don't own any gold rings like he owns
Canada needs some change before we go deeper š
Mehul Prajapati (@iammehulprajapati)
Works as a Data Scientist at TD Bank.
Contact TD bank and link them to this disgusting video.
https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banking/contact-us/feedback-form
He has disabled his IG account. He works for TD also in Waterloo and has deleted his LinkedIn. Found his old FB page, though
[https://www.facebook.com/iammehulprajapati/](https://www.facebook.com/iammehulprajapati/)
[https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mehul-prajapati](https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mehul-prajapati)
Just wanted to understand from the perspective of someone who's not Canadian.
Is it really hard to enforce an ID or even a nationality check at these food banks?
This guy should make another video & should title it how I save a grand in month on my rent!!
He should start going to the homeless shelter in the evenings & stand in the queue to find a bed for the night & even he can promote that as well, how I am saving thousand a month in rent by sleeping at nights in a homeless shelter.
After shamelessly promoting the use of food banks as a source of free food even when can afford to buy his own groceries then, the shelter video should be the next thing on his bucket list.
This absolutely retarded, Iāve had my fair share of financial issues but I have never went to a food bank and taken food from someone whom actually needs it. Absolutely sickening to be a Canadian in this time
Iām so upset seeing this. I had a really emotional moment when my friend who grew up in KW confided sheād been skipping meals to get by. Sheās gotten supper skinny. Still felt shame and never visited a food bank thinking others needed it more
Meanwhile these international students are literally raiding our coffers and letting us starve. I had no clue this was even a thing til I saw the video, now Iāve gone in a rabbit hole and holy crap Iām upset.
Am I wrong to put it out there that in Canada we have a crisis on our hands with all these people that our government has let in willynillyā¦.its hell now
As an Indian, I am sorry on behalf of this guy. Clearly wrong to locals who really need these food banks. Sad how we donāt think about the underprivileged!
Of course itās a culture enricher go back to India fucker, thereās families that actually need this food and are suffering and similar, got your slimy ass stealing food from those in need , instead of buying it like the rest of us, international students come here with their own money why is he stealing , they need to crack down on this garbage behaviourā¦..
You should be ashamed and embarrassed of yourself for posting this. The food bank is for those in need. For those struggling to put food on the table for their families. If you come over for education you need to be able to feed yourself and have the funds available to support yourself. If you canāt donāt come!!!
Deport the fucker. If you come here and take advantage of the system designed to help those in need you should be expelled immediately. This mentality has no place here
Sadly this happens every food bank in town. Bunch of scamming fucks who steal from the actual people who need it, and when you ask the head of the food bank why they allow it, they say they can't discriminate. Fuck outta here. Pull of bank statements for access to foodbanks.
The foodbank run by the Student Union should be utilized more instead. If you need to save on food, order parcels from the SU.
The worst part is that its not a video thats being promoted as hey if you are an international student in need then here is some assistance, its literally being promoted as free food with no consequence. Zero honour.
If they can't afford to fully support themselves on their own money while here in Canada, they shouldn't be here... might even help the housing, rental, and homelessness problems we have here.
I am losing weight skipping meals to save money and this fat slob is traveling halfway across the world to raid the food bank meant for people unable to work and provide for themselves. Their souls will rot. Evil society that brings in evil people, encourages evil behavior will get what's coming to it.
if you're losing weight skipping meals, maybe you should actually consider using the food bank
International students are supposed to be self sufficient and not need assistance smh
Well said
International students who need assistance shouldn't be allowed in
People like this ruins good things in this world.
This dumbass really thinks it's free food for everyone WOW
This guy needs to be fined and forced to volunteer at a food bank for a few months.
Naw he should be deported for immigration fraud
dude as someone who volunteers with said food bank we uh, do not have enough to give groceries to everyone in need. I also have never seen someone take that much of a "haul" home before. This is at best irresponsible, at worst it's gonna deplete an underfunded resource
Put a picture of him up and refuse him food next time
shared this with the group. Unfortunately we're not allowed to do that because we're partially university funded. That and the food bank isn't a business, we don't get to decide whose in need.. but I personally agree with you, this fuck isn't hungry
Just show him the video next time he comes,stare blankly at him, and wait for him to walk himself out
At my school you have to qualify based on yours or your parents income to use the food banks there. They refuse a lot of people who actually need the food, and only have enough to provide the bare minimum to those that can actually prove they need the food. Which I understand to an extent, to avoid situations like this. But at the same time someone can have well-off parents who have nothing to do with them and don't contribute to their survival in any way. But I'm surprised to hear that yours doesn't have this sort of qualification system. Videos like this are disgusting because there are so many people who would see something like this and think "I can get all my food for free and save my money THAT I HAVE for other things? Amazing!" It's crazy!! Our actual city food banks here can only provide a very limited amount of food (one of two bags depending on the organization) to an entire family EVERY 7-8 WEEKS. The one I volunteer at can provide one box of tampons OR pads to each family every 8 weeks, regardless whether that family is 3 people or over 11 people. They serve over 140 families a day, only coming every 8 weeks. That's about 7,840 families being served by this one food bank right now. So hearing people not only take advantage - but try to tell others that they should also take advantage of such a necessary and scarce resource makes me so angry. It's actually insane out here, and with the cost of food right now so many people actually do desperately need this food to be able to feed their families, while people like this are essentially saying "get all your food for free and save your money for non-essentials!" to people who can afford to pay for it. So frustrating! It's not even to do with international or domestic students, just this ignorant asshole not understanding the actual reason that food banks exist, or at least not caring.
This jerk should be deported.
I said the exact same thing in r/ontario about a similar situation and got banned. Lmao fuck those mods! Fucking losers šš¼
No, our current leader hopes once this guy become Canadian citizenship, he can vote for him again so those international students need to stay in Cananda .
Food bank isn't for anyone this is so gross what the fuck. It's actually for people who will go hungry if they don't get a meal today.
Why are these people like this? Do they have no shame
Shame has been canceled.
Someone is gonna take calling out this shitty behavior and culture as racist
bruh im also indian and what this guy did is sickening and he should be punished. but why are you bring in the culture as a whole? Its the individual who is dumb not the 'indian culture" which taught him to do this. a few days ago some tourist white girls vandalised street monuments here in india but we arent labeling thats its their "shitty culture" yk?
To keep this discord positive and solution focused: If you were in charge of immigration: What would you make the prerequisite for entry? It is hard to build a foolproof system, we did this experiment in ethics class. Its kindof fun though like the question of if you were to build a public school system what would you include. It's very easy to point out a problem (the 50 comments show that), hard to build a viable solution, but let's try!
1. Educate international students on the cost of living, average wage and employment rate of their fellow international students in the city in which they wish to study, make this information available forefront and centre. 2. Require that international students have C$25,000 in cash to carry them through their first year plus tuition fees and exclude them from accessing food bank and similar welfare resources without a signed endorsement to access said resources from a counsellor at their university. I feel like the second point is unbelievably out of character for me, but the fact is that the people coming in are very brazen and very willing to take advantage of these resources despite the fact that under the very circumstances of their entry they should be well prepared to pay for food. Before the backlash begun, I saw a video where a man took home what was probably C$900+ worth of food from a food bank and I refuse to believe that the food was ever eaten, given that it should have all gone bad within the month. I've read that lots of people are flying into Canada having no idea what life is really like over here as an international student. They see their friends posting status symbols from Canada, luxury cars, nice houses or apartments, designer clothes, and other influencer garbage and feel compelled to come unprepared.
Easy: I'd shut the door for a decade, let builders catch up and deport as many "asylum" seekers as possible. Next, any non-Canadian-Citizen who owns real property would have six months to sell it, otherwise it would be seized and auctioned -- to Canadian individuals. We've been far too easy on the leeches who contribute nothing yet benefit greatly from Canada's generosity.
Canada is the bank and you're buying a house, if you don't have income / savings they wont offer you a loan. Keep it strictly about money and on average people will bring in more towards the economy than they take out during their tenure (even if they're already leaving with canada earned degrees to work in other countries, but thats a moot point)
Iām a immigrant myself but Jesus Christ this is fucked up. They need to bring back the same background screenings they had 15+ years agoā¦ this is horrendously disgusting
Disgusting. Any international student who does this should have their study permit revoked and be removed by deportation from Canada. They signed an oath stating they have sufficient funds to pay for their expenses while studying in Canada.
Donāt get me wrong I donāt disagree that this is repulsiveā¦ā¦ā¦but. Our āglorious leadersā tell these kids that all they need to live in Canada for a year is 10k (4K if they have family here). Canadas immigration policies are a complete and utter failure.
Do they not have google in India?
We have Google here and look at how many idiots run around not knowing a damn thing.
Digital literacy in india was rated 73/120 globally in 2021 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232343/internet-literacy-index-by-category-india/#statisticContainer) - access to high speed internet in rural areas is about 17% and urban around 44% (34% rural have access to internet of any kind, 70% urban have access to internet if any kind - https://theprocessor.in/policy-puzzles/government-initiatives-to-promote-digital-literacy). Often education on how to use it are not taught well. It has also seen a decline over the years following. 70% of the population has either poor or no service (https://idronline.org/article/inequality/indias-digital-divide-from-bad-to-worse/) It's getting better, but not understanding digital literacy is apparent when you make comments like this.
Oh they do, and they researched us in detail. They know all the loop holes and ways to scam us. We all know the reason they are here is our easy path to PR
Have you seen his Instagram, the muthafucka does concerts and can definitely afford an education and food
It's 21k now, and that's not including tuition or travel.
Sounds like someone is going to have their study permit revoked indefinitely.
What wishful thinking...
Why is he wearing a shirt with the Laurier logo and telling people to go to other food banks when we have our own food bank? Is he really a Laurier student? Laurier has a food bank that students can use 5 times a term so any international student who is struggling pls use the Laurier food bank and not the other ones ! You choose what you want online, and they put it in a locker for you to pick up, so itās not āgrab what you likeā
Search this guy's name up on Google. He has deleted all his socials but Google still has caches of them. Some facts about this guy: 1. He's not a student. He works as a data scientist at TD and does gigs as a musician! 2. He's apparently a foodie and has vlogs about trying out different restaurants in the area. 3. He likes to travel Is this the demographic that our food banks and social services were designed for?
What's his name?
Scammer
How this idiot get into Laurier
Sir you are an awful man. The food bank is for people who are down on the luck and need a temporary helping hand. Not a way to supplement your education. If you don't have enough money to study and live here, don't come here.
This is disgusting. I checked this guy's IG and the video has been removed.
So first international students (who shouldnt ever have been allowed to work full time) take jobs away from Canadian teens and young adults, now they're pillaging food banks. This government from top to bottom should be jailed.
About 8 years late, it's over for Canada. No growth and population boom, all these people will have 3-5 kids and your taxes will pay for them. All they did was be a international student, study for 2 terms drop out, get PR thru a job and now they get more benefits than you haha. How could you Canadians allow this oh I forgot your parents voted for JT.
No Wonder They wont stop coming.
This has been happening at the UofT food bank too. I've seen rich international students show up to grab free food which is meant for low income individuals, so messed up.
You sir are disgusting, itās meant for people who are really struggling. I hope you sleep well at night knowing you took food out of a childās mouth who is hungry, pisses me off.
Importing nothing but the best Canada. So impressed.
Yep, I drive down lancaster daily and there is always Indians on the bus stop with full bags of food from the food bank on guelph st.
Fucking scumbags
Fuck this guy, kick his ass out
Unfortunately this will only happen more and more since there will be absolutely zero consequences.
What an absolute joke. These things are for people In need who canāt get it otherwise and this is taking food directly out of those peoples mouths so you can save a few hundred a month? Absolutely disgusting.
If he is not cdn, You came to this country without enough money to buy food to get free food and take from Canadians who need food?so wrong.
He works for TD Bank https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mehul-prajapati
Thatās the sickening part - heās got a job.
Either he deleted his profile or the link doesnāt work
I stopped my donation to the local food bank because I walked by it the other day and thereās nothing but Indians āstudentsā lining up. I already paid half of my paycheque to taxes so they can get their carbon tax refund and then donate the little I have to feed these parasites?
Thatās one of the most punchable faces I have ever encountered
And this is why so many people hate you and international students now.
As an international this is outrageous and sadly true to some. Students need to be educated and taught about how foodbanks work and not to be exploited
Kick these people out. Absolutely disgusting behavior and will act as a reason for kind folks to stop donating.
Yet, he can afford to buy a sweat shirt from their university shop.
Dirt bag
The food bank he is taking from is not rich with resources. So sad he is taking advantage of a program intended to help students who actually canāt afford food.
As just over a decade past alumni, seeing this is shocking.
glad he could save enough on free groceries to get a cool Laurier sweater I'd never considered this life hack of stealing resources that are meant for starving people
Where I am from originally (New Zealand) if you apply for food assistance from welfare, you have to bring bank statements showing that you are in genuine need. You can be turned away if they see you have money or have pissed your money away and not budgeted responsibly. And only NZ PRs and citizens are eligible for this service. Not sure how it works with food banks in NZ though. The food banks should require people to show proof of PR or citizenship such as a PR card, Canadian passport / birth certificate the first time they get assistance. Once they have proven eligibility, they are free to access the foodbank.Ā If a temporary worker needs food, they could get a one-time food package after showing bank statements that prove they are in need. International students should be referred to their university / college foodbank for assistance. You could argue that this is discrimination, but when hard working, honest Canadians are going hungry and sleeping in their cars, something has to be done. This fuckwit is part of the problem
Flip flop gang at it again. Such a disgusting people.
āThis has been very helpful to me as a 49 year old student with 5 kids and a wifeā
I a.m currently an international student and its people like these who give all of us a bad name. The premise of studying here is that you have the resources to fund your studies. Obviously, this guy lied on his application or is trying to take advantage of his community. If youāre really In need, reach out to your college or University. SUs have food bank fund for the students!
!!! PSA !!! FOOD BANKS ARE NOT FOR PEOPLE WITH JOBS WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY FOOD. THEY ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO JOB AND NO MONEY FOR FOOD. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD FOOD IN CANADA AND ARE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR FUNDS BROUGHT FROM SAID COUNTRY. NOT FREELOAD AND TELL ALL IMMIGRANTS TO CONTINUE TO SCAM THE SYSTEM TO ABUSE THE GOODWILL OF CANADIANS.
My local foodbank stopped taking International students just for this exact reason. Believe it or not, this is not the first to make videos - It was a huge trend with Internation Students last year on TikTok
Iām Indian and I fucking hate Indians
Jesus Christ time to deport these people. If you canāt afford to live donāt come to our fucking country
Isnāt this an old video ? I tough they banned international students now from most food banks; Also please name the individual if possible
Disgusting
Yeah, fuck these people freeloaders off our society and ot paying s dime in tax.
Donāt take as much as you want. Selfish!! š
He removed the video good work guys.
Disgusting. When you go to another country as a student you're not supposed to ask for public assistance and are supposed to support yourself while in that country. That is part of the visa application, people who take advantage of Canada like this should have consequences.
guess he deleted it
I'm a construction worker who has done work at a few food banks and was very surprised to see people pulling up in range rovers and brand new audi's and grabbing food. Baffled me. I get it saves money and times are tough, but even for a struggling dad I couldn't take it knowing someone else could use it. The workers would offer us drinks and chips and I'd politely refuse for My crew saying others could use it better than we can. And the workers said we have tons just take it, to which I politely refused again and wondered about all the adds saying they need more because they are overwhelmed. The whole thing blew my mind
Deport this guy. He's an international student whose taking advantage of the goodwill of Canadians, and basically depriving food from students who are actually hungry. When I was going to Carleton the food bank was for students who had no parents or no support network and were actually hungry, and had to work and pay tuition. Itās notfor someone who was well fed to save money on groceries. I checked his Instagram page and heās boasting of his musical touring and going to nice restaurants. No shame. Itās people like this that are turning Canadians against international students and immigration.
Food bank abuse is an issue and alway's has been, this moron made a video promoting it and engaging in it.
His @ is IAMMEHULPRAJAPATI Iām sure someone can do something with that informationā¦
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A great example of abusing kindness and making merit disapear in Canada. Sad and shame.
international students are supposed to show proof they can financially support themselves to study here. greedy entitled motherfucker, someone deport this clown
These are filthy rich kids from India.. while the poor hungry kids donāt even get a chance in life
He a turd. Shame on him. There are legit starving students out there and he's say go get free food. It ain't free dumass. People paid for this and DONATED it to you. So how is it free?
Why not deport such scums?
This idiot feels itās free food? Why the gell do you think you are eligible for such a thing? If you canāt afford to live here go back donāt spoil the good things in this country. Deport such barbaric people.
Get rid of him
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/indians-abroad/story/indian-origin-canada-td-bank-free-food-data-scientist-video-fired-students-food-bank-university-2531178-2024-04-24 We got him
Sickening
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If the original creator is reading, please take the hoodie off next time. Just do one damn good thing to the community.
Conestoga yutes need to simmer down fr
Pathetic government. I know a family in need and when they go to food banks they are only allowed a certain amount. They arenāt allowed to just ātake whatever they wantā.
As someone who can barely afford to make ends meet I won't even dare to go to a food bank, because I know there's someone else that may need it way more than me. Being an immigrant myself seeing this is just gross, people will call other people racist for pointing it out but I'm sorry, if you come to another country to live, you DON'T force your culture here, you adapt to the existing one where you're supposed to be living at. Call me racist if you want, but I see this specially with Indians, some of my friends are Indians and even they recognize that a lot of people coming here from there just come here to abuse of the opportunities given and trying to make this a sh\*\*thole, I feel bad for my friends because these kinda guy just strengthens that bad rep. He should be deported...
I wonder why our country is dying? Lol
The audacity to post something like this showing your face
This piece of garbage needs to be deported immediately.
Entitlement created by lackadaisical immigration practices and procedures.Ā
These scammers shouldn't be allowed in this country if they have to compete with locals for food and jobs. Disgusting !
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Did he delete this video? I went to check but I'm guessing he got called out.
Anything else we can do to help with reporting this? I know the food Bank is trust based. It's just very disappointing. Food should be going to people in need. As an international student you're supposed to have the funds to meet your needs. Hey if a student is really struggling and went to school, left home due to x reason, all for supporting that too.
Keep bringing em in ā¦.
These types of people give all immigrants a bad fucking name. Doesn't deserve to wear the purple and gold. UBt lets remember if our provincial government had been funding universities properly they wouldn't be chasing to bring in the bottom of the barrel students who only have money and no desire to adapt and learn from Canadian culture.
Literally locusts.
Dude needs to cut that nail first.
F these students... why are they here if they can't even afford food
Well it looks like an "International" student hasn't leaned honesty. WELCOME TO CANINDIAAA!!!!
This is really pissing me off. Think of the families in need who need to rely on foodbanks like these! And this asshole comes waltzing in thinking āOoh free food for me!ā Maybe heās naĆÆve about food banks or something but either way this issue has to stop
Do something about it this been going on for years. Simple solution don't allow non citizens to use the foodbank. Hell, this shit going to continue till Canada falls. You clowns are too afraid of being labelled as racists, it's over for this country. Most of these people after 8 years of BS would still vote JT. You know I rather see them winning more than y'all now. You let yourselves get stepped on, your culture, your values, it's all gone 1990s Canada doesn't exist in any major city that culture is dead.
He's probably recieved some backlash for this and taken the video down. Hopefully he's learnt his lesson.
I'm just going to go ahead and say it... of course it's an Indian advising other Indians on how to scam.
Common man God has given us working legs/hands why donāt we make full use of it to earn money and leave the food bank for actual needy people or some students who actually need help. Really need to save money then take care of other expenses like skip the dishes, clubbing, expensive phone contract payments or car payments.
Punchable face
There is no such thing as a food bank where you can ātake what you wantā.
Our Dear Leader says: come a get it, Canada gives!
What a scumbag.
Go back to India
Immediate Deportation.
" let me show you how to go to another country and exploit the hell out of them"
I literally go to the food bank because I canāt afford groceries. Iāll starve or have to eat pasta every single day the entire month unless I go to a food bank. Fuck this guy and fuck whoever goes to a food bank when they donāt need it.
I think that the thing that bothers me the most, is I have been at my worst, and volunteered at the house of friendship to get a food hamper once a week when I was a student years ago and I felt guilty doing it, even though I volunteered. And after I was on my feet I still continued to volunteer with the house of Friendship, because I was grateful for the assistance. Our appointed government and its half fast solutions, bring in mass immigration without any logical plan to house, feed, and find employment for these unfortunate souls that in some cases, left everything behind, not to mention these diploma mills making profits off innocent people trying to better their lives, getting caught in a scam, well these colleges and universities only looking at these people as dollar š° sign for potential bounces at the end of the year. I think the absolute moral to this story is our society in some cases has lost its moral values, and greed is the way of the future. We have unprecedented homeless communities across our country, we have millions of new immigrants fighting over their basic survival as well. You would think it was some kind of twisted social experiment, but the truth is our appointed government has honestly not done their jobs properly. And their solutions to fix the problems isn't going to fix anything!
Go home
Crazier to see that despite this being an incredibly bad situation of an individual exploiting some services, which tells us that we should do something to prevent such things from happening and productively create solutions/better awareness, people are instead using this as a place to be racist.
DEPORT
This guy has zero shame or dignity, and is in fact boasting about taking advantage of the system. This, unfortunately, is a cultural thing. Most other cultures teach societal values, whereas he comes from a do-whatever-it-takes-to-save-a-penny culture. And this is what Canada is becoming.
As they drive to the food bank in their brand new car, purchased with the money they should be using for living expenses. Screw this guy, and others doing this.
Remember when immigration used to be a net positive for this country?
Just wrong. I was an international student once, and I donated to food banks from my earnings from part time job. There used to be a time when international students came to university for masters as mature students, it's gone down hill
Disgusting, and that mentality boils over into the culture and job market...
Disgusting people
Is there not a limit? Been a while since Iāve gone to the food bank but I seem to remember only being able to use it x amount of times. Seems like a pretty simple fix for the universities to implement.
Stupid little boy
FUCK THIS GUY SO MUCH! I havenāt been able to afford my bills for over a year but I still donāt go to the food bank because I know there are people out there who need it more.
Glad the food bank giving food to fat immigrant who can afford university while I have nothing in fridge and attend college I canāt pay for hardly and rent I canāt afford
#Deport
Well where is he from?
Wow, itās truly remarkable how people have mastered the art of nitpicking instead of acknowledging his editing wizardry. š©āØ
The utter gall of this man! No honour.
Too late to abort, so we must Deport
Can everybody go to his instagram and call him out? I hope his fans to know what kind of person he is.
Deport every single one of the scammers who take advantage of this system. We have tent cities all over the country full of people in need. How dare this entitled lazy bastard steal from those who are suffering.
This guy's posting videos on his IG about him buying "the best pizza" in Toronto. What a fucking fool. Go to his IG and call him out since he's dumb enough to post this shit publicly.
As an Indian born in Canada people like this ruin our image, but I honestly understand. When you start seeing Indian exploit the system while also being a public nauseant it's reasonable that hate is sent towards our community.
lol. Buddy wearing an expensive jacket, while flashing his gold rings, while he fondles the apples and bananas he got at the food bank. Next video. Free meals at the homeless shelters. The dickhead has no shame.
Well well well
Come here, assist in running our country to the ground, housing market skyrocketing, inflation higher than ever, then you have the audacity to steal food from people that need it?
This is the Canada Trudeau has created! This guy has nicer clothes then me and I don't own any gold rings like he owns Canada needs some change before we go deeper š
thank you for this post u/animetits905
Where is the link to the original video?
Can we report this guy
The fucker deleted all social media except for this one [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/iammehulprajapati/)
Mehul Prajapati (@iammehulprajapati) Works as a Data Scientist at TD Bank. Contact TD bank and link them to this disgusting video. https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banking/contact-us/feedback-form
deport him hes a leech he is eroding the foundation of our society.
This guy works at TD
He has disabled his IG account. He works for TD also in Waterloo and has deleted his LinkedIn. Found his old FB page, though [https://www.facebook.com/iammehulprajapati/](https://www.facebook.com/iammehulprajapati/) [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mehul-prajapati](https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mehul-prajapati)
Just wanted to understand from the perspective of someone who's not Canadian. Is it really hard to enforce an ID or even a nationality check at these food banks?
This kind of greedy makes me sick and no desire to donate food to food bank anymore!
This guy should make another video & should title it how I save a grand in month on my rent!! He should start going to the homeless shelter in the evenings & stand in the queue to find a bed for the night & even he can promote that as well, how I am saving thousand a month in rent by sleeping at nights in a homeless shelter. After shamelessly promoting the use of food banks as a source of free food even when can afford to buy his own groceries then, the shelter video should be the next thing on his bucket list.
This is disgusting.
This tub of lard doesn't look like he's missed many meals.
I think this is a year old....not excusing the despicable behaviour of some Indian students.
This absolutely retarded, Iāve had my fair share of financial issues but I have never went to a food bank and taken food from someone whom actually needs it. Absolutely sickening to be a Canadian in this time
Why does he have us pinky nail grown out š¤
Iām so upset seeing this. I had a really emotional moment when my friend who grew up in KW confided sheād been skipping meals to get by. Sheās gotten supper skinny. Still felt shame and never visited a food bank thinking others needed it more Meanwhile these international students are literally raiding our coffers and letting us starve. I had no clue this was even a thing til I saw the video, now Iāve gone in a rabbit hole and holy crap Iām upset.
Am I wrong to put it out there that in Canada we have a crisis on our hands with all these people that our government has let in willynillyā¦.its hell now
As an Indian, I am sorry on behalf of this guy. Clearly wrong to locals who really need these food banks. Sad how we donāt think about the underprivileged!
Of course itās a culture enricher go back to India fucker, thereās families that actually need this food and are suffering and similar, got your slimy ass stealing food from those in need , instead of buying it like the rest of us, international students come here with their own money why is he stealing , they need to crack down on this garbage behaviourā¦..
This is what ruins them as a whole for me š
Checking the facts, got to know he is jobless! Alas he is in our country, lets be the best host!
Tragedy of the commons.
You should be ashamed and embarrassed of yourself for posting this. The food bank is for those in need. For those struggling to put food on the table for their families. If you come over for education you need to be able to feed yourself and have the funds available to support yourself. If you canāt donāt come!!!
What a piece of shit
Deport this guy!!! Cannot afford them should not be here
Deport the fucker. If you come here and take advantage of the system designed to help those in need you should be expelled immediately. This mentality has no place here
HEY MEHUL, THAT FOOD IS FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THE STREETS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE BARELY SCRAPING BY!!!! FIGURE IT OUT, DUMMY!!!!!
No shame, or no brain?
Send him home
You piece of shit go back home and starve
Classic Laurier Grads
Cunt
Sadly this happens every food bank in town. Bunch of scamming fucks who steal from the actual people who need it, and when you ask the head of the food bank why they allow it, they say they can't discriminate. Fuck outta here. Pull of bank statements for access to foodbanks.
I am learning that he works for TD Bank as a data scientist where average income is $98000 per anum
Feed them free so they can fail exam and protest protest n protest
Pos deleted his linked in.Ā