Bullying and Harassment Not in CRT Jurisdiction
Bullying and harassment is a surprisingly common complaint in the strata world. However, owners who have made those claims have received little vindication from the CRT. In the case of PG v The Owners, Strata Plan ABC XXXX, 2021 BCCRT 427 , the owner complained that the strata bullied and harassed him for several years and improperly fined him for providing student tutoring services within his strata lot. The CRT refused to deal with the bullying and harassment claims regardless of the volume of evidence that the owner supplied, including audio recordings that were submitted to show that various council members had bullied him and harassed him over several years. The CRT said: 13. . . While there is no doubt that [the owner] believes this to be true, he did not name the strata council members he alleges harassed and bullied him as respondents in this dispute. Therefore, the council members have not had the opportunity to respond to their allegations. I find it would not be in the int
