translate English to French: She found herself deprived of benefits for which she would have been eligible had the lump sums not existed. Therefore, in order to live during her leave, since she was deprived of all resources, she had to use the lump sums and possibly deplete them completely, whereas thousands of HRDC employees became richer without suffering a loss of income.
Elle se trouve privée du bénéfice de prestations auquel elle aurait eu droit n'eût été de l'existence des sommes forfaitaires; De ce fait, pour subsister pendant sa période de congé, étant privée de toute ressource, elle devra utiliser les montants forfaitaires et possiblement les épuiser,,alors que le millier d'employés du D R H C verront leur portefeuille grossir d'autant sans subir de perte de revenus.