I’m a very strong believer that there’s a reason for everything.
Why did I just found out 6 years ago that I have ADHD not earlier?
Good question but it wouldn’t matter anyway because with this very disturb verdict from those racist members of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission that with ADHD are close to mental Retardation < verdict held behind close doors > It wouldn’t have made any different.
Anyway? This week, I am taking on a new route. It’s an issue that I have been holding back for months.
The issue is going to be the rights of boarders or roomers in this Province.
I realize that this could hurt me but the emotional question is this? How many other poor New Brunswickers are going through what I’m enduring as I write?
Once I moved to the Capital, I took a little room.
It’s not a bad little area.
I have my little stand up shower in the House.
I got the Soup Kitchen which I volunteer and eat there across the street and it’s not far from downtown.
The rent is $250.00 an month and since I only make $490.00 an month? It’s ok I guess!
The tenants < 3 of them > have drinking problems but they don’t bother me.
They’re not bad people.
Little did I know that huge changes were waiting for me around the corner.
The lady downstair decided to move next door so a boarder < used to live in the shelter > wanted to be the person in charge.
At first, I believe it wasn’t a bad move because he would guard the place like a pittbull!
One guy moved in downstair used his place as a hang out!
But the Caretaker –Maurice would chase them out of the building. Especially in the winter months.
I would laughed with him and I supported the job he was doing.
This all came to an abrupt end on March the 8th!
Tim Smith was going to travel to the Capital to make an appearance on Melanson Live!
We walked around the City and I remember that it was snowing very hard.
Tim had to be at Rogers for 7:00pm so we decided to go over my place and relax.
It was 4:30pm!
While enjoying a nice cup of coffee, Maurice showed up at my door < with a knife in hand > and in a very rude way said- Why are you disobeying my orders?
I quickly replied - What the f@ck are you talking about???
He reminded me that no one was allowed in the building!
He told the guy that I knew the rules and no one is allow in the building after 6:00pm!
He raised his voice- NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING!!! SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!! 24 HOURS A DAY!!!
I told the guy to take a hike and to call the police!
I won’t go into the details but maybe Tim will leave a comment on this issue because he seen and heard everything.
He went as far as saying- If I have no visitors? Why should other tenants have some?
I was upset to be degraded in front of my friend Tim!
The next day, I decided to make a complaint at the Rentalsman office.
Once there, myself and Tim asked the woman if we could speak to the Rentalman?
Once she heard that we were boarders or roomers? Her attitude on her face change big times!
She quickly said- Boarders??? Roomers??? We don’t take care of those people. Tim was right there!!! We were treated like a couple of peasants!!!
I demanded to know what was my right were?
The guy in charge told me there’s laws to protect roomers or boarders in New Brunswick.
I was furious!
After a few weeks, I demanded to meet with the rentalman and I guess this is the way it goes.
Under section 58 under the Landlord and tenants act.
The boarders are covered but there’s no mention on the name - Boarders or roomers.
He told me the Government never put in place a person to watch over the less fortunate people in this Province.
The bottom line is this? The person in charge can evict anyone at anytime and there’s not much that can do done.
The former lady who took care of the building for many years was told by Maurice that she wasn’t allowed in the building!
This guy was really out of control.
Especially since it was her that gave him the job.
It was the first time that the homeless guy had power and he was going to use it!
The cops were called for foolishness. Maurice demanded that I apologizes in front of the cops but I had nothing to apologizes for.
The cops left after they had the understanding that everything was ok!
Once I went into my building? My key wouldn’t work!
Maurice opened the door and told me that I wasn’t allowed in the building!
I pushed the guy aside and told him to get lost!
Once again, the cops were called.
The officer started to get really upset!
What has happen was once Maurice called the cops? He quickly changed the lock of the door so my key would fit!
I told the cops that they had a hard time enough fighting the on the streets that they didn’t have time for games.
I could have said- F@ck that! I’m out of here!!
Being Charles? I wanted to know what was my rights as a boarder or roomer.
You see? People living in places like these around the province don’t complain!
They are fortunate they have a roof over their head so they are silent.
Myself, I am not a bad person in this place. I mind my own business and no one bothers with me beside the caretaker.
I noticed there were no smoking detectors in the building.< only one >
I phoned the fire marshall and I guess that he was not impress.
He made Maurice to change all the locks in the rooms! My new key was a skeleton Key!
I haven’t seen those ones in years!
A smoking detector was installed in every room!
The war have just begun and I wasn’t done yet!
Sh@t!!! Over 1,000 words already! Stay tune for more on this issue in the morning!!!!!
16 comments:
This is a very disgusting aspect of NB and I'm glad it's out in the open. I know many girls in Fredericton who were asked for sex in exchange of rent while they were at university since student loans rarely covered all expenses. Their are many scumbag landlords in the city.
It's unfortunate that the province discriminates so much against the poor. The government backs up the Irvings and the people who take over the Nackawic mill with loan guarantees, yet won't do the same for the poor. With four people who are on welfare that would be $2000 a month which is more than enough to cover the expenses of a house, the government would simply provide a guarantee to the bank (like they haven't benefitted from the government too). Of course the idea is that poor are scum and can't be trusted and would just wreck the place. Absentee landlords are far more of a problem than they would be. There are places in the states that have such programs and the opposite has been found to be the case. When people own a place they take care of it, when they just rent it out, they don't care.
Remember the Statement I made in one of my Previous Comments, if all Countries/Nations would implament the "United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights", we would not have bullshit issues like this one.
We would all have the necessary rights that uphold the Dignity of the Human Person. The reality however, is that we do have these rights, they are ours under the So-called Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is just that the people who are are supposed to be making sure that these rights are carried out are not doing their job. It is truly Ironic when your consider that other cultures who come to our country have more rights than the People who were born and raised here do. What a damn shame.
Hey poor people why not have some fun. You can have dinner and play golf with Bernard Lord.
Terry Andow, president of the PC Party says about the cost:
"... It's $500 a plate to attend the premier's dinner and $500 to play golf. We try to maximize our benefits,"
So there, have some fun.
Mr. McKay what if I tell you that my ancesters have been here lot longer than yours. Why you have more rights than me? You took all the good land and resources.
Please..I say Pretty please ...can you bring the issue of cultures in the blog below- No human rights in China.I want to stay on the issue of the poor having rights! Pretty please??? Merci Beaucoup!!!!
Charles is full of crap on this one! He has lied consistently on every blog on this site. From claiming the members of the Human Rights Commission are racist to seeing lightning strike the ground and killing the young soccer player. Why does this blog site even exist...in fact, why do people even entertain Charles' ludicrous statements. I hope someone has the courage to sue him for defamation and have this site removed from the web. It is absolutely disgusting!
I repeat...try to stay on the issue! I was right there protesting when the lighting bolt hit! As for defamation? Go read my Human Rights Complaint. Those racist members of the Commission admitted to me with Bernard Richard present that my case wasn't handle properly but the decision will stand!!!! These Irvings employees do have the power! Shut down this blog? Only in New Brunswick this could happen but I would love to be bought up in court on this one! I would love to hear a judge say- Mr.LeBlanc! The Irvings have the right to assault all the minorities in their workplace! Gues what? I would be representing myself!!! I would put J.D. Irving on the stand and the fun would begin. Carl White < convicted thief > and the others. but them again? We all know that only a fool represent themselves as a client!!!
I already did..keep on reading...I got lots to write about this issue..the stories are long...I hope Tim Smith gives his two cent because he was right there and seen it all! Keep on reading!!! It gets wrost by the minute!!!!
The Welfare system and other government programs do discriminate. Instead of looking at everyone has individuals, blanket policies are created which don't examine individual cases. The system works 95% of the time buut the other 5% fall through the cracks. Goverenment should look at individual cases and address them accordingly. Rooming houses should be treated as unique rental situations but gee if you want a guest in your home, it shouldn't be a problem withing reasonable hours and as long as you're not disturbing other tenants.
I am replying to Mr McKay:
You say "other cultures who come to our country have more rights than the People who were born and raised here do". First, "cultures" don't have rights, in Canada or elsewhere. People do. And in this country, all people have the same rights. It is xenophobic BS to suggest immigrants (that's what you mean by "other cultures who come to our country") have more rights than Canadian-born citizens. It's a lie, and it promotes anti-immigrant sentiment.
That said, even though we all have the same rights (entitlements), many of us are denied our rights. And not all of us have the resources to fight for them. We definitely need more programs like Rentalsman and Ombudsman and Human Rights Commission (sorry, Charles) to help people fight for their rights. The ones we have a stretched to the limit, and it is a disgrace that there's no law to protect roomers and no one for them to turn to.
I remove the comment because it was about abortion. I pasted it in the No human rights in China!!! This blog is for the poor and not the issue of abortion! Maybe I'll start one on abortion one day?
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories."
PREAMBLE
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7.
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 8.
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 10.
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Article 11.
(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Article 12.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 14.
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 15.
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 16.
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
Article 18.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and _expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Article 20.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Article 23.
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Article 26.
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
Article 28.
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
Article 29.
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 30.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
Cultures DO have rights actually, that's why there are laws against genocide. You'll note that 'communal rights' have been the big distinction between 'communists' and 'capitalists' (we certainly aren't democrats).
Native canadians, like the mennonites and the chinese as well as the Quebecois have been fighting for 'communal rights' as opposed to individual rights which is all that the rest of Canada, the US, England and some others want.
Ideally I would think that having BOTH is the way to go. People are not autonomous robots existing by themselves, and have a right to see their culture preserved. That's why natives are being so strongly fought against in the courts, because they are attempting to use the land to be shared communally, for equal profit and equal employment. Irvings, the other corporations and government know damn well that if WE ever saw what a better way it was, we'd want or worse, demand, the same thing. Instead, we get the Irving billionaires and the poverty stricken new brunswickers.
Looks there is a United Nations opening up here. Then may be Mr. Spinks can use some of this. His posts reveal that some should have rights and some must have more rights. Sounds like "Animal Farm" novel. One of the statements in that novel is: "all are equal but some are more equal". Something like that.
Anonymous. When have I ever said some should have more rights? I am a full believer in equality. Our current society is not equal. Neither media or politicians in their crusade for supposed equality give preferences constantly over one group or another. Perhaps I have not been clear enough. I'll try to be more clear for you in the future.
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