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B.C. Ombudsperson Helps Vancouver Senior With 36-Year-Old City Home Inspection

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Jun, 2015 01:10 PM
    VICTORIA — Complaints about municipal governments are the focus of a British Columbia report that highlights a case about a woman who was hounded by inspectors 36 years after renovating her home to accommodate a disabled child.
     
    The report is by outgoing ombudsperson Kim Carter, whose office investigates issues on behalf of the public.
     
    Carter says an elderly Vancouver woman she calls Janet came to her office after city of Vancouver inspectors said the changes she and her husband made to their house in 1979 require proper building permits.
     
    Carter's report says her office organized a meeting with the inspectors and Janet and that the case was resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
     
    In another investigation, a northern B.C. resident received a letter of apology from the Kitimat-Stikine regional district after an employee at an animal shelter injected his dog with pre-euthanasia medication.
     
    That happened just before a court granted the dog, named Siri, a stay of execution.

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