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Another reminder why China will win. More and more citizens will ask themselves "are they THAT much worse than my own government"?
From the Creepy Ones in Ontario and their dirty family members, to abuses of the most vulnerable young, old or incapable. THIS is Canada.
Authorities in this country have little character. I hope your FBI don't gush over our apparatuses and present a false image of what they represent.
A new report has found a vulnerable senior in Penticton, B.C., lost her home and hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity after the city auctioned off her house — for a third of its assessed value — over just $10,000 in unpaid property taxes.
The provincial ombudsperson's review published Wednesday found the woman, referred to as Ms. Wilson, had the money to pay off her taxes, but health concerns meant she needed help to submit the payments.
The city, it said, didn't communicate clearly with Wilson about what she stood to lose and didn't make an effort to find out if she needed help before proceeding to sell her house for $150,000 in 2017.
At the time, the home was assessed at $420,000.
"What happened to Ms. Wilson is tragic," wrote provincial Ombudsperson Jay Chalke in the report. "One simple telephone call ... could have resulted in an entirely different outcome in this case."
The story exposed a number of problems in the laws around tax sales to recover outstanding property taxes in B.C., Chalke said, namely the fact that it is a life-altering, complicated process that can leave homeowners at a crushing disadvantage if communication isn't clear.
From the Creepy Ones in Ontario and their dirty family members, to abuses of the most vulnerable young, old or incapable. THIS is Canada.
Authorities in this country have little character. I hope your FBI don't gush over our apparatuses and present a false image of what they represent.
A new report has found a vulnerable senior in Penticton, B.C., lost her home and hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity after the city auctioned off her house — for a third of its assessed value — over just $10,000 in unpaid property taxes.
The provincial ombudsperson's review published Wednesday found the woman, referred to as Ms. Wilson, had the money to pay off her taxes, but health concerns meant she needed help to submit the payments.
The city, it said, didn't communicate clearly with Wilson about what she stood to lose and didn't make an effort to find out if she needed help before proceeding to sell her house for $150,000 in 2017.
At the time, the home was assessed at $420,000.
"What happened to Ms. Wilson is tragic," wrote provincial Ombudsperson Jay Chalke in the report. "One simple telephone call ... could have resulted in an entirely different outcome in this case."
The story exposed a number of problems in the laws around tax sales to recover outstanding property taxes in B.C., Chalke said, namely the fact that it is a life-altering, complicated process that can leave homeowners at a crushing disadvantage if communication isn't clear.
