Burnaby Now November 2 2016

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Behind the riot

Youth custody centre staff say they are dealing with more violence in the prison because inmates do not face severe enough consequences By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

Teens who participated in a riot at the BurnabyYouth Custody Services Centre this past summer openly mocked a perceived lack of severe consequences, according to documents obtained by the NOW. The Ministry of Child and Family Development’s incident investigation report, acquired through a freedom of information request, paints a picture of events leading up to and during the July 19 riot that seem to support earlier anecdotal claims made by union officials. The incident, which began around 8:22 p.m., started with a supervisor calling a Code Red after a youth who seemed “extremely nervous and fidgeting” asked for the time. He pushed past the supervisor as she was Continued on page 8

BOOK BARGAINS: Book lovers perused thousands of titles at the Japanese book sale and food fair at the Nikkei Centre on Oct. 22. The event is the largest of its kind in town and usually occurs a few times a year. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

DISTRICT TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE HIM

School plumber loses bid for human rights case By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

A Burnaby school district plumber’s discrimination complaint has been dismissed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal without a

hearing, according to an Oct. 18 decision posted on the tribunal’s website. Wayne Carr, a School District No. 41 plumber since May 2006, filed a complaint saying the district had discriminated against

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him because of a physical disability he sustained after injuring himself stepping out of his work van in September 2014. Carr said the district did not accommodate his return to work.

The school board, however, argued it had offered the plumber retraining as a custodian and an education assistant, as well as for a clerical position, after a February 2015 WorkSafeBC decision ruled Carr’s limi-

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tations would prevent him from returning to his pre-injury job. The board said it did not have sufficient light duties for a full-time plumbing job for Carr, who, as of March 2015, was performing about

10 to 20 per cent of the work requirements of a fulltime position, according to the board. According to the ruling, the board told WorkSafe in March 2015 that the Continued on page 4

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