Mrs. Kane Tanaka to Office of the Custodian, 18 July 1947
COPY FOR Mr. Shears
Your cheque issued for the sum of $552.98 in payment for my property at
3467 Monmouth Ave., Vancouver
B.C.
, is absolutely unaccaptable to me for the following reasons:
The property was sold without my consent at a price greatly below the fair market
value at time of evacuation.
It is an obvious case of misfeasance attributable to unsympathetic and very careless
handling. Doubtless the sale price based on assessed valuation reflects this careless
attitude. No Canadian property owner in his right mind would willingly consent to
the sale of his property based in such a valuation standard. It is highly doubtful
whether those responsible in the office of the Custodian would willingly sacrifice
their own home and property by selling it at assessed valuation.
My son, who is a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, while stationed in Vancouver, met with the present purchasers of my property. They told my son that the people
who originally bought the property at assessed price from you, sold my property to
them at a price of
$2000.00
. This is a clear case of profit marking carried out at the expense of others.
These present occupants also told my son that the beautiful and valuable landscaped
garden influenced them in purchasing the property and paying the price asked. Which
indicates that your valuator was a person callous to the true valuation of the property
or a person inclined to lean on the city assessment sheet as an easy way to do his
work.
To reiterate, my claim for a just and reasonable valuation for the property is in
the neighbourhood of $2000.00.
As the mother of a Canadian veteran who volunteered for active service in the Canadian
Armed Forces, I request fair and just treatment from your department and the Canadian
government.
Therefore I return the enclosed cheque for $552.98 as entirely unacceptable to me.
Yours truly,
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Mrs. Kane Tanaka to Office of the Custodian, 18 July 1947
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