I AM STRUGGLING DISCRIMINATION OF SMALL-TOWN POLITICAL ISSUES

Started by Peter Z Pan

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Year 2012, as a single father, after my divorce, I brought my two minor daughters from Montreal relocated to the village of Standard in province of Alberta, and I bought a mini hotel in this town for my business. Since then, I start to having lots of troubles to dealing with small-town political issues, partly because I am the only Asian family in this village. Fortunately, all the inspectors sent by the village office, and they are all on my side because they know this village’s tricks and since they found nothing wrong with my hotel after the inspection.

A terrible thing happened in 2016, after a guy moved a 2-bedroom mobile house to my hotel yard, which I wasn’t formally purchased. The village office moved this mobile house away by wrongly named it as “skid shack”, which they claimed that it’s not allowed with village of Standard bylaw. Clearly, this action is an illegal application of the bylaw from Alberta Municipal Affair ACT. Not only that, the village office also applicate on me for the moving cost and $15 daily storage charges. These fees were hidden in my hotel property tax (I refused to pay those fees but I always paid off my annual property tax). Then the village office accumulated storage fees up four years to total of $29,000. Year 2020, the village office of Standard illegally linked to place my hotel property for public auction if I continually refused to pay so.

According to the Provincial Government Municipal ACT S610: Property without owners under the control of the municipality will automatically become the legal property of the municipality if it is unclaimed after 30 days. To reduce expenses, the municipality must auction it after 90 days; for some reason, the municipality must destroy it if the auction fails. However, the village office of Standard who knew that it was illegal and kept it in a parking area for over 4 years, accumulating a storage fee of $29,000, and used it as an excuse to threaten Peter in 2020. If the payment is refused, my hotel will be auctioned! This is a clear testimony to the abuse of power by the village office of Standard to against the civilians, which it almost driving me to suicidal.

Recently, Alberta Human Rights Commission sent a request for the village office to respond my complaint. I filled an injunction to stop auction of my hotel and legal harassment, possibly wish to sign the counterclaim for all the damages they caused my business and my family mentally, emotionally, and physically for nine years long of the abusive. I have all the support documentation with evidence to follow up.

The village office of Standard harassment against me also includes: 1) Every year, the snow on the street dumped onto both of my hotel and residences properties.  2) I knew there is no need to apply a permit to renovation of my existing patio, but the village office of Standard advised me to apply a permit, whenever I followed and make a submission, the village office of Standard sent me a refusal; meanwhile accused me "renovation without permit". 3) Using the power rejected my hotel to designate for Canadian culture & historical site. 4) Spread rumors and ruin my hotel business into the market. 5) Provide cheap rent and convinced my tenants to break the contract. And there are much more once finally I got accepted of my complaint with Alberta Human Rights Commission. . .

I insist on struggling and started this petition, one is for my family living environment, the other is for the immigrants and minority social groups who are still living with unfair living environments, and to let the mainstream society pay attention, justify back the mistakes and provide a better living improvement for all of us.

CBC NEWS: In the face of anti-Asian racism, report finds some Chinese Canadians feeling 'wu nai' — helpless and hopeless https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/chinese-canadian-community-anti-asian-racism-1.6779764

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作為一名單身父親，我帶著兩個年幼的女兒於2012 年由魁省蒙特利爾移居阿省小鎮Standard，並買下了一棟酒吧餐廳客房連體的百年迷你旅館。由於我是唯一的亞裔，移居小鎮不久就陷入了種種麻煩和歧視。雖然鎮辦 (village office of Standard) 一直刁難，並頻頻要求檢查官們檢查我的旅館，但是檢查官們均知道小鎮的政治生態環境（SMALL-TOWN POLITICIAL ISUSSES），由於我完全遵守有關運營規定，檢查官們都很同情我的遭遇，並一再鼓勵我不要氣餒。由此鎮辦再次製造種種借口繼續對我的生意刁難幹擾，但我並沒有因此屈服，於是鎮辦變換手法進一步設計整治。

2016年我看中一個兩睡房的活動屋，當時隻表示有購買意向。可是該房主因為急於關閉他的公司，在我不知情沒有任何手續的情況下，該屋主私下雇傭搬運公司把該活動屋擅自運到我旅店的領地上 (法律上該活動屋不屬於我)。為了設法讓我入套鎮辦故意把活動屋錯稱為Skid Shack，然後以該鎮規定Skid Shack不可以在該小鎮使用為由將該活動屋拖走，並知法犯法， 利用手中權力以$15日計倉費累積達4年之久，而後將$29,000 餘元的倉費運費非法變更納入我旅館地稅內。

按照省政府市政法S610: 在市政控製下的無業主或無人認領的財物，30天後無人認領即自動成為市政法定財物。為了減輕開支，90天後市政必須將其拍賣；因故流拍市政必須將其銷毀。而Standard的鎮辦居然知法違法，將變更了的$29,000的倉儲費作為拖欠地稅，並以此為借口於2020年要挾。如果拒付便拍賣我的旅館！這是鎮辦對平民濫用權力的明證，因投訴無門由此幾乎把我逼上絕路。

最近，艾伯塔省人權委員會終於介入了調查並要求鎮辦回應我的訴求。與此同時我正在訴諸法律程序，禁止拍賣我的旅館，並追討九年來對他的生意和家人造成的物質和精神上的所有損害。我請求大家為我簽我的Petition, 就是幫助我發聲，討回公道！

鎮辦對我的一係列的騷擾還有：1）每年將街道的積雪堆積在我旅館和民居的私家領地。2）在維修酒吧露台時，鎮辦逼迫Peter申領建築執照（按規定維修已經存在的露台無需建築執照），為了減少摩擦我還是遞交了申請，鎮辦來個拒發，然後聲稱無證裝修。3）利用權力拒絕我的旅館申辦加國文化曆史遺產。4）散布謠言並規勸小鎮和周邊的族群不來我旅館消費。5）鼓動我的房客毀約，並為其提供廉價租房。等等， 等等。。。

我之所以堅持抗爭，其一是為了我和我的家庭爭取公平的生存環境，其二是希望通過我的抗爭為移民和少數群族在小城鎮及邊遠地區的不公平生存環境獲得主流社會的關注並進行糾錯和改善。

My ptition: https://chng.it/B4fDptk6DS  

 

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