All the best for Lloyd Bogle

Dear Editor,

Well done, Jamaica Observer, on your ongoing coverage of the plight of Lloyd Bogle.

I recently had a setback at the hands of the Canadian High Commission. My mother, who has been living in Toronto since 1992 with my sister, who is a citizen since the early 70s, turned 100 in September and as we all know, 100 should be a big celebration. So all my relatives from all over the USA and Canada were present.

I applied to the High Commission for a visa to attend and was turned down. Actually, I have been to Canada on several occasions. Once, during my high school days, I spent most of my summer in Hamilton with my sister. On another occasion I visited NY and went to Manhattan and applied for a Canadian visa, which I got, and went across for a week. I also received a visa in 1985 and visited for my honeymoon.

You can imagine how I felt seeing the pictures of my mother and the rest of my family via the Internet celebrating her centenary and not being a part of all that. Well, that's a part of life, I guess.

I wish Lloyd Bogle all the best.

Andrew Thomas

Vineyard Town

andrewjamest@hotmail.com

All the best for Lloyd Bogle

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