Condo occupancy rules are fair, not about human rights
NDP MLA David Eby sounds more like a politician than a lawyer in his assessment that strata occupancy limit rules are a violation of the B.C. Human Rights Code.
First, occupancy restrictions are common not only in rental agreements but in strata bylaws. Second, the National Occupancy Standard requires two bedrooms for a couple and another person, including their child. The rule is about numbers, not family status.
Jeremy and Stacy Taylor would have us believe that they are naive and that their tenants are victims. If they are victims, they should seek redress from the Taylors rather than the other owners of the strata.
Ken Greenboro, Burnaby
Rules will reduce children
No wonder Vancouver schools are closing if strata bylaws have veiled laws that really say, “No children.” I am sure they are not referring to mothers-in-law, as it would be too charitable for children to take in their elders.
Ruth Enns, Vancouver
Councils must enforce rules
Contrary to what is implied in the article on the couple with a baby being evicted from a Vancouver condo for having too many people living in it, the strata council is not the bad guy. Strata bylaws are passed by the owners and become the regulations on which the strata is run.
The Strata Property Act requires councils to enforce all bylaws without discretion to make exceptions. If this bylaw limiting the number of occupants proves unconstitutional then it can be abolished. Until then, the council has no choice but to enforce it.
Wendy Dubois, Coquitlam
Bad drivers are the problem
As a commercial truck driver, I think the new left-lane-hog law is dumb.
The problem now is that everyone switches back and forth between lanes. They pass on the left, turn right in front of big trucks and then slow down — usually three metres to five metres in front if me at 110 km/h, 10 km/h under the other new 120-km/h speed limit on the Coquihalla Highway.
Gary Siu, Burnaby
Let’s have a No Bikes Day
In light of last weekend’s “No Car Days,” and whatever other special-interest group gatherings were being held in Gregster’s Kingdom, I would humbly like to suggest a few special days for the rest of the people known as the majority. Let’s have a “No Bicycle Day,” a “No Protesters Day” and a “Heterosexual Pride Parade,” but that could never happen in Vancouver.
Premier Christy Clark said it best when she wanted her yogathon on the Burrard Street Bridge: “Let’s show the world what Vancouver is all about.” Vancouver is about selfrighteous, narcissistic arrogance.
Rick McCoy, Vancouver
See with a child’s eyes
One of my fondest memories is a little vase of dandelions on the windowsill above my kitchen sink. They were picked with love by my small daughter, who saw their beauty and didn’t think they were weeds.
Years later, when her childhood happiness was squashed by the reality of the adult world, dandelions became weeds. I still gaze at dandelions and wonder why something so perfectly formed could be considered a weed, not to mention a food source for many of God’s beautiful creations.
Juanita Michael, Burnaby