Juno News - October 29, 2025


Homeowner's mortgage renewal denied over First Nations land claim


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

159.88828

Word Count

477

Sentence Count

42


Summary

In this episode, we have a story from a Richmond homeowner who was informed that he will no longer be able to own his land in the city of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The story is a little different than most people would expect.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 And now, talk to your local MLA's over here.
00:00:03.000 He doesn't have any answers. He knew what's going on. He sacked there and enjoyed his $400,000 a year he makes.
00:00:22.000 Yes. Are you bitter?
00:00:24.000 I'm bitter, yes. My tax dollars are at work right now. And who knows, I thought at least we're going to get a gift card out of this deal because I've got nothing here tonight.
00:00:32.000 Are you going to get the gift card?
00:00:34.000 Oh, definitely, definitely. I'll be swallowing soup and stuff right now. I'll find out what I'm having to go forward to protect my land.
00:00:41.000 I've owned my land for more than enough years to know it's mine. I'm not giving it up without a fight.
00:00:48.000 Can you say that you're going to say something about reconciliation? What does that mean to you?
00:00:53.000 No comment on that. I don't want to get certain of that.
00:00:55.000 So this is just about land rights? Your fee simple right?
00:00:59.000 It's what I paid for. That's what it's all about for me. I want to keep what I paid for. Or someone can buy me up.
00:01:08.000 Have you looked into what this means for reselling or getting a loan or anything like that? Or is it all too soon?
00:01:15.000 I haven't. I haven't looked today. How long have you lived here?
00:01:21.000 1975. I grew up in Richmond. I elected that guy.
00:01:28.000 Do you have a mortgage on your property here in Richmond? I do.
00:01:31.000 Have you spoken to your lender? I have.
00:01:33.000 And what have they told you? They are not renewing it.
00:01:35.000 Wow.
00:01:44.000 No.
00:01:46.000 Can you take us back to when you first found out? I'm assuming it was a letter?
00:01:50.000 It was a letter that came in the mailbox.
00:01:52.000 What was going through your house?
00:01:55.000 Just mixed emotions. I've been paying for the city for no reason.
00:02:00.000 I paid a tax. I bought the place. And lo and behold, I don't own my place. It's not fair.
00:02:09.000 What did you make of what the lawyers said about Canada and the visa government not allowing
00:02:16.000 government lawyers to argue the extinguishment of a mortgage on hydrogen?
00:02:21.000 I think that's just a bunch of words. It meant nothing inside at all. Everyone had their own defense and stuff.
00:02:27.000 If they were so adamant that they would have allowed the homeowners to know, we would have spoken up back then, not 2025.
00:02:34.000 So you think that the lawyers had a duty to care for the citizens of Richmond as much as they had a duty to care for the actual court processes they were all respecting at the time?
00:02:45.000 I believe they had a duty to let every person that was involved with it know about it.
00:02:50.000 So why do you think they didn't tell me earlier?
00:02:54.000 Politics?
00:02:56.000 So I can go about this politics.