Immigration influencer apologises after backlash over video saying that ‘children are money trees in Canada’
CALGARY — A Nigerian-Canadian social media influencer has apologised following backlash after she made a video saying that children are “money trees in Canada.”
In the original video, Ebunoluwa Oluwole Sofolahan, of Toronto, who has multiple accounts across multiple platforms, talks about the money you can potentially receive from the government by having kids in Canada.
She isn’t sorry.
The African immigrant to Canada who said that ‘children are money trees’ has DOUBLED DOWN on her claim that she gets ‘free’ money here and encourages other Nigerians to come.
She even adds that they are entitled to employment insurance benefits and states that she also claimed… pic.twitter.com/UdM86GWpCR
— Curious George (@01CuriousGeorge) April 25, 2026
This is how much Canadian taxpayers are sending in Canada Child Benefit payments to temporary residents like international students and foreign workers.
$1.1 billion in 2025 alone. pic.twitter.com/bhwkkLRk32
— Riley Donovan (@valdombre) April 25, 2026
