Vancouver business owners is seeking cash for 2010 Olympic tragedy
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The Cambie Village Business Association has decided to seek over $20 million in compensation for what a local merchant calls “an appalling tragedy.” “There’s hundreds of businesses along the Canada Line, and many have already been forced out of business and many have already failed and I think that’s just an appalling tragedy. It’s something that was entirely preventable,” said association member and Cambie Street business owner, Susan Heyes.“I don’t think that there’s any possible way that they can deny the impact that this has had; the disruption to our lives has been unprecedented.”
After remortgaging her home twice and losing more than half a million dollars in revenue due to construction, Heyes said legal action is the only remaining option for her and other small business owners.
“This is not loss of profit, this is eating into all the equity that I’ve built up in my business over decades … I’ve poured a fabulously sound foundation for my business and they’ve been consistently just jack-hammering it away.”
While Heyes’ case will return to court in November, she said the association is currently deciding what to include in their statement of claim.