David ha recalls how his mother was welcomed into Canada by the people around her. His parents helped bring van kang and leeland to canada with help from Wyll graham, who had inside knowledge of where to get money. David's mam remembers having to go down and interview or be interviewed by somebody in duke street. But ean rankin is the kind of person for whom successfully navigating a complex bureaucracy is a form of pleasure. It just was who could do it.