Thursday, July 17, 2014

POWER AND GREED OVER SAFETY: THE CITY OF BRAMPTON BASEMENT APARTMENTS.

TWO OF THE NEW, POSTER FACES, OF HOMEOWNERS FOR PROPERTY VIOLATIONS.

MANJIT DHILLON AND RAJINDER DHILLON. BRAMPTON ONTARIO, HOMEOWNERS AND OPERATORS, OF ILLEGAL BASEMENT APARTMENTS.

DON'T HAVE A PERMIT?. DO YOU NEED ONE FROM THE CITY? NEVER MIND THAT, WHEN THERE ARE OTHER WAYS, TO GET AROUND THE SYSTEM.  BESIDES, WHO WANTS TO PAY A  $7,000.00 FEE, TO GET AN APPROVAL, WHEN YOU DO NOT REALLY HAVE TO BOTHER WITH IT, RIGHT? 

Here are the city's specific guidelines concerning second units, or basement apartments, also referred to as 'nanny suites, 'granny flats', or accessory apartments.  And surprisingly, most also do not know that such an apartment, do not have to be situated in a basement, as such. But for the purpose of this article, I am taking about the ones which does.

The City’s Zoning By-law does not currently permit basement apartments or accessory units.  The only legal basement apartments are those that have existed since November 16, 1995 and have been registered or declared legal non-conforming by the City.  Any basement apartment built since November 16, 1995 is illegal in the City of Brampton.

Ever wondered why the government, city officials or any one else in authority, would ignore the actions of some people over those of others? It is also not as uncommon as you would think.  One rule governing the poor and another rule for those who are a little bit better off. 

Sometimes the information that I often report might seem innocuous, or even irrelevant to some, but believe me, it also helps those who are also going through the same ordeal, and most importantly, it help to put a curb on corruption in this country. This is not my first article on this subject and from the looks of it, it won't be my last either.  

Manjit Dhillon and her husband Rajinder Dhillon are both homeowners living in the city of Brampton.  They also fall into the category of homeowners, who has also rented out illegal basement apartments, that also do not follow the city's guidelines, including those for building code and fire safety regulations.  Do the police know this?.  Of course they do! Shockingly, I will also present proof of this by way of a letter, that was given to me, by the landlords Manjit Dhillon and Rajinder Dhillon, requesting entry into my home on July 18, 2014 in order to cover up the ventilation system. Covering up the vents is an obvious fire safety violation and this is also not a concern to either the police, who has instructed them to do so, or my landlord.

Furthermore, the structure is also not safe.  There is almost a daily power outage in my apartment, one of three separate apartments, two of which are located illegally in the basement of the bungalow house, that is also owned by them. Which also indicate a faulty electrical system, brought about by the additional two basement apartments, that the landlords has added to the existing building structure, simply for greed. That is, to make more money. The combined rental income for both, is $1600.00 monthly, excluding the other rental unit on the main floor of the bungalow.

Instead of addressing the problem of the electrical power outage and the short circuit of the building, they also want to make the problem worse by now adding an additional fire hazard to the existing problem. It is amazing what the police would also advise someone to do, when they think that no one will view their actions later on. The only instructions that those two landlords need to go on, are those under the Residential Tenancies Act, or the Building Code, Fire Code and the Zoning Bylaws, of the city of Brampton.  Not on the ill advice of the Brampton police. They are definitely not an authority on the matter, in terms of building codes, what can be added or not, by a landlord, in this case. Believe it or not, it was all done to get my response to the situation, since it also affects me personally. I intend to follow through on what the rights that I have as a tenant under the law, in case of any violations by those two landlords, or on any other laws that also applies in that situation.

Are Brampton's politicians, also ignoring the problem, of unsafe and illegal basement apartments, in order to please those homeowners, who also vote for them?. That seem to be the case here.

Since the passing of Bill 140 on January 1, 2012, that is called the Strong Communities Through Affordable Housing Act 2011, homeowners now believe, erroneously, that they also now have the right to keep basement apartments, which has never been approved by the city's zoning bylaws, and that all of them must also get an approval, from the city's adjustment committee, in order to change the structure of the original building. Even before the legislation was passed, the problem of illegal basement apartments in the city of Brampton, was a major one, with more than 30,000 illegal basement apartments existing, and operated by greedy landlords, who are not motivated for renting out their properties, by the housing shortage in that city, as it is claimed, but by the profits that they make, from renting out their private homes and turning them into rental dwellings.
And this without having to either to comply with any of the laws which also protects tenants, until they are forced to do so by the tenants, who knows enough about their rights to force them to do so.

Brampton city councilors has considered it a fair exchange in regards to getting the votes of those homeowners. And for the longest while they were also silent on the issue.  The one who also had a pecuniary interest in the matter, and I will also include those city councilors, from the Sikh community in Brampton, which is also one of the largest and most influential groups, in the city of Brampton, to have a role in the latest legislation being passed, to allow the existence of basement apartments, as an additional source of rental income, for homeowners.

It is not an attack against the Sikh community and I have been told to do some basic research on the subject before writing this article, which I also did. I casually went over the advertisement on some websites, such as Kijiji and Craiglist, to see just who were renting out those illegal basement apartments, the most to the public.
And to do the calculations as far as the percentage, of homeowners, from both Brampton and Mississauga's Sikh community, who are also responsible for those advertisements, in regards to those illegal basement apartments.  I have also done just that and found this to be true.  That 80-90% of those advertising such illegal basement apartments, are from that community. Decorated nicely, some of them, they still posed a safety risk, the most obvious to the naked eyes are the ones with no windows. The real danger from those apartments, however, are the pressures that they put on the existing electrical system, which is also part of the building fire code regulations. In the house that I live in that is the biggest problem with the greedy owners, Manjit Dhillon and her husband Rajinder Dhillon, having two such basement apartments, one a two bedroom and the other a bachelor apartment, with both of them also located in the basement of the bungalow house and each fully contained, with their own kitchen and bathroom facilities and not surprisingly also, they both also takes up the entire length of the lower structure of the house, which is also illegal, since any such unit must also be smaller than the space above it, as far as the main floor of the bungalow.

Unfortunately, there is also a power shortage and outage, in my apartment almost on a daily basis. The Brampton Fire Department and also the Municipal Standards and Zoning Bylaw Departments, are also investigating. The fines for any building code violations, including the ones for fire violations, is $25,000.to the landlords. One such landlord was recently fined $7000.00 by the city of Brampton, for such a violation.

I have enclosed a copy of the letter instructing me to let them enter my apartment in order to cover up the vents.  This is also part of the ongoing harassment from the police working with my landlord.  The police do not care if covering up the vents also posed a safety issue to me the tenant or not.  The idea is to cover my vent so that the other white tenants could have the  AC on 24/7.  But that issue will also dealt with by the appropriate avenues that are also available to me, as a recourse, in regards to that matter.  Including the Human Rights Commission, against both the landlords and the police. Interestingly, they also saw nothing wrong in giving keys to the mailbox, to the two white tenants and none to me, though I have also asked them repeatedly for one. That is also discriminating against me, as a tenant. It is also a very bad idea on the part of the landlord, Manjit Dhillon, since I am known to take people to court, for less actions than that.  No one ever told them about intercepting, or tampering with other people's mails, which is also illegal. 



 PROOF, OF THE CANADIAN POLICE, ONGOING                HARASSMENT, TOWARDS ME.

A  COPY OF THE LETTER/NOTICE, GIVEN TO ME BY MANJIT AND RAJINDER DHILLON, ON THE BRAMPTON POLICE'S INSTRUCTIONS. 

FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE BRAMPTON POLICE, HAS BEEN BANGING ON MY DOOR AND USING AND INTIMIDATION, TO GET ME TO GIVE UP MY RIGHTS AS A TENANT. INSTEAD OF LEAVING THE MATTER UP TO THE LANDLORD AND TENANT TRIBUNAL TO DECIDE. 

PLEASE NOTE HERE, THAT, THE POLICE WAS NOT CARRYING OUT ANY ORDERS, OF THE COURT, OR TRIBUNAL. IT WAS ALSO NOT A FIRE SAFETY  ISSUE, THIS WAS THEIR OWN ADVISE TO THE LANDLORDS.

The police goal was that if I also refused, to let them act on their instructions, then it would also be grounds to charge me. The ventilation output, also already had covers. 


Tuesday, July 15, 2014

"NO BLACKS, OR AFRICANS, IS ALLOWED": UGANDAN GAY ACTIVISTS, DENIED ENTRY INTO CANADA, FOR THE PRIDE FESTIVAL.

CANADA, TO AFRICAN GAY ACTIVISTS:  "KEEP OUT".  IT IS THE SAME RESPONSE, FOR GAYS, FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

PERSECUTED UGANDAN GAY ACTIVISTS, 
FOUND OUT THAT CANADA, WAS ALSO 
UNSYMPATHETIC, TO THEIR CAUSE, BACK HOME.

THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT RACISM IN CANADA:

In one of the worst demonstrations, in the disregard for human rights, Canada has openly denied the Ugandan gay activists, from entering into Canada, for the annual Pride Festivities AND FOR NO OTHER REASONS, THAN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BLACK AND MIGHT ALSO OVERSTAY THEIR VISIT.

This was a blow to the persecuted and disenfranchise group.  Not only was this their only opportunity, to openly celebrate their belief, and to also have a reprieve from the daily persecution, that they also face from the Ugandan government, but it was also the first opportunity for the men and women, to be openly associated with others gay activists, without the fear of being killed outright on the spot, by their fellow Ugandan countrymen.  It is a dangerous thing to be a gay, or a lesbian, or a transgender person, in that country.  The citizens has been given the legal right to injure, or to kill, any such person, without any recrimination, from law about their actions.  Did Canada have to go along with this as well?.

And the murders are also brutal.  Ugandan LGBT activist Pasikali Kashube, was decapitated, by having his severed head, also thrown down an outdoor toilet. Another Ugandan gay activist, David Kato, was bludgeoned to death, in his home, shortly after winning a court case against a tabloid newspaper, Red Pepper, which purpose is to, "out homosexuals" in that country. He was one of the '200 Top Homosexuals' that was outed, by the newspaper, which of course also put him in the spotlight, which also eventually led to his death.

The lists of deaths being associated, with the new Anti Homosexual laws, that were just past in February of 2014, by the Ugandan government, is too long and horrific, to mention them all here. The Anti Homosexuality Bill, which was made into law on February 25, 2014 and along with it, an open persecution of every known gay, or LGBT, or transgender person in that country.  Ugandan citizens were now being encouraged, by the government, to help to eradicate the country of all those, who proclaim themselves to be a homosexual.

Did Canada have to go along with it?. By its recent actions, in denying Ugandan gay activists asylum, in this country?. Or at least a temporary reprieve, from the daily attacks that they also face, in their own country.

I have always stated my views on that issue. Which is that what two grown adults do, in terms of their relationship, is also not the business of the government, or anyone else to interfere with. Is the intelligence of those who are involved, in persecuting those who are different, so low that they cannot believe that two people of the same sex, can also fall in love, or be a good parent, or a member of society? Everyone should be entitled to the same equal treatment and benefit of the law and also the protection of the law. We are not all the same. Every group deserves the same equal treatment.

Which is why Canada's recent actions, against the Ugandan gay activists, even more disgusting, as well as disturbing. Its position on 'global human rights' should be tossed in the rubbish heap, where it belongs. It is such a hypocrite on that subject that its latest action, in further adding to the suffering of this marginalized group, as well as in not recognizing its obligation, under international laws, to protect the defenseless, who are being persecuted for their belief, should also be held against that country.

Canada's actions was motivated by racism. It is that simple. Should I mention here, that Israeli gays, LGBT and transgender persons, are as free as a bird to not only enter, but to also remain in Canada?. That gays from the continent of Europe, but not Africa, or the Caribbean, are allowed to enter and to remain in Canada.  That those gays, and LGBT, from South and Central America and also the Caribbean, are also treated just as the Africans, in that they are also discouraged from seeking asylum in Canada, or to freely enter and remain here.  

The worst country in the Caribbean, that is also openly against homosexuals and which like the Ugandan government, also have laws to imprison them, or to encourage its citizens to kill them openly, is Jamaica. Those seeking asylum in Canada, from the Caribbean country of Jamaica, are also denied refugee status in Canada. So, racism is definitely a factor in the Canadian government's decision, over some groups more than others.

This is also an absolute freaking shame, and also a blot on it so called international human rights record. Which has always been a farce.



RACISM IS RACISM, NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. (ARE THE CANADIAN POLICE, THERE TO PROTECT, WHITES ONLY?.)

OVERT VERSES COVERT RACISM, BY THE CANADIAN POLICE.

Overt racism is disturbing enough, but in a case of covert racism, that is also the practice of some Canadian government authorities, such as the police, its effect can be even more devastating, to the person affected, because of the secrecy that goes with the actions of the police and those also involved in it. Being a victim of this kind of treatment more than once, with also detrimental effects on my life, I will also exposed some of their actions here and also in the article, directly following this one. 

THIS IS ALSO BEST ILLUSTRATED, IN THE CASE OF MY TWO LANDLORDS, MANJIT DHILLON AND RAJINDER DHILLON.( A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM). 

There is much information to report on their actions, in my next article and which must also be read, to understand the problem that also exist, with city officials in enforcing the law, against some people. It will also give an insight into how the police operates as well. 

I have also provided some evidence of this, in the form of a letter that they had also produced, on the instructions of the police.  It was basically instructing them to do something that was against the law, in this case the fire code regulations, but nevertheless still illegal, against me. Or it was basically stating that the Brampton police has instructed them to carry out this action and that they also want my cooperation, in doing so as well. Wow! One thing to be sure is that because the police is also behind it, they will also show up to make sure that this action is carried out, as well. Whether it is also illegal or not. Or will they after they are reported here? (With more reports of their actions, to follow this one, in regards to that issue.)  This article is meant to put a curb on the racist actions of the Canadian police. Many of which are also carried out secretly.

So, yes they do advise people, who are also involved in their web of conspiracy, to break the law. In the past I had been charged with mischief, in preventing my landlords from any such actions being carried out, that were also a threat to my safety.  Imagine being asked to let someone into your home, a landlord or not, whose action will also endanger your safety? There are also laws against that, in the Criminal Code and I will just have to find it and also enforced it later on, against such persons.  There are also ways to remedy the situation under the Human Rights Code, when it can be proved, as I also will in this case, that race also played a factor in regards to their actions.  For instance, I was also not given a key to the mailbox like the white tenants, among other issues relating to racism, by the landlord. Her obvious mistrust of me played a role in that also. She swore otherwise of course, but how can you argue against the merits of a case?.

THE POLICE HAS ALWAYS ACTED, TO PERPETRATE RACISM BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITE.  IT IS NOT ONLY A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM, GENERALLY, BUT ALSO ONE THAT CAN ALSO BE PERPETRATED ON A INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND WHICH I AM BEING CONSTANTLY, SUBJECTED TO, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL,WHEN  DEALING WITH THE POLICE AND MY LANDLORDS.  WHO IN MOST CASES ARE ALSO THEIR AGENTS, THAT ARE BEING USED AGAINST ME AS WELL. 


It is disturbing in the sense, that, it has also been the practice of the police, to gain the assistance of my landlords, to carry out its persecution of me. That has been their modus operandi, against me and they refuse to give up that tactic. Because it has also worked so well for the police in the past.  And with my current landlords, Manjit and Rajinder Dhillon, of Brampton, Ontario Canada, I also suspected the same thing was also happening. 

Shockingly, I will also present proof of this by way of a letter, that was given to me, by the landlords, Manjit Dhilon and Rajinder Dhillon, requesting entry into my home on July 18, 2014, in order to cover up the ventilation system.  The letter specifically state that THEY WERE ACTING ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE POLICE AND NOT THE OTHER AUTHORITIES, SUCH AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,OR THE LANDLORD AND TENANT TRIBUNAL, OR EVEN THE BUILDING CODE DEPARTMENT. And that is the work that they are also seeking permission to do, on that day. Covering up the vents is an obvious fire safety violation, and this is also not a concern to either the police, who has instructed them to do so, or to my landlord.  Those issues are really not inconsequential as it seem. Because racism also played a role in their actions as well. 

The ventilation output with the forced air, already had covers. The police has covert ways to carry out harassment, or to try to set you up. The police has no business in a landlord and tenant matter, but here you see them giving instructions, for the landlord to carry out.

The goal of the police in this matter, is that if they were prevented from carrying out the police instructions, by me for any reasons, then it would also be a reason for the police to charge me with mischief. 
IT WAS NOT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRIBUNAL/COURT, OR THE CITY'S BYLAWS, THAT POLICE WAS ACTING UPON. THAT WAS THEIR OWN INSTRUCTIONS, TO THE LANDLORD.

PROOF OF THE CANADIAN POLICE HARASSMENT OF ME.