The Globe and Mail: Despite his criminal record, Epstein contacted the Canadian consulate in Los Angeles seeking a temporary resident permit for a planned trip to Vancouver from April 11 to 13 in 2018 so he could attend a TED conference there.
The Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles wrote back on April 4 that year to tell that his application was rejected after a “careful and sympathetic review.”
The letter informed Epstein he was inadmissible because he was convicted of a crime considered an indictable offence in Canada, and that Ottawa only makes exceptions in circumstances that “might be best described as humanitarian and compassionate.”…