Canada ‘abandoned’ woman
Dubai still holding on to Sydney woman’s passport, her boyfriend says
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It’s been two weeks since authorities in Dubai detained a Nova Scotia woman and her boyfriend says Canadian authorities aren’t doing enough to help her case.
Nicole Stroop-Gillis had been working as a civilian supply technician at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan since July when she flew out Oct. 1 to see Marc Wood in South Africa.
During what was supposed to be a 15-hour layover in Dubai, the 34-year-old Sydney woman had a run-in with an airport security officer that resulted in her prolonged stay in the United Arab Emirates.
“I am disgusted in the response or rather lack thereof that we are receiving from both the Canadian Consulate and the involved parties in Dubai,” Mr. Wood said Tuesday in an e-mail.
Ms. Stroop-Gillis was arrested at the airport for disrespecting a security official and charged with being drunk and disorderly.
She was released the next day, but officials in Dubai are still holding on to the Sydney woman’s passport and there’s no sign of when her case will come to court.
They’ve told Ms. Stroop-Gillis it all depends on whether the airport security officer accepts her request for forgiveness.
Call or email your member of Parliament and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Emerson,
David Emerson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
David Emerson was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and was named Minister of Industry in July 2004. He was re-elected in 2006.
In 1975, Mr. Emerson joined the Government of British Columbia, becoming the province’s Deputy Minister of Finance in 1984. In 1986, Mr. Emerson left government to become President and CEO of the Western and Pacific Bank of Canada. Four years later, he returned to the provincial government as Deputy Minister of Finance, then Deputy Minister to the Premier, and later President of B.C. Trade Development Corporation.
In 1992, Mr. Emerson was appointed to lead the newly created Vancouver International Airport Authority. In 1998, he was appointed President and CEO of Canfor Corporation.
Mr. Emerson attended the University of Alberta and obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics. He then went on to Queen’s University where he received his doctorate in economics.
Mr. Emerson and his wife, Theresa, have two children.
Mr. Emerson also has three grown children.
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