http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/categories/general/p499/feed.rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:18:04 +0000 General - talkSFU en-CA http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/971/ubc-refunds-for-towing-charges Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:56:45 +0000 TiNgLu_SiNgH 971@/forum/discussions
Class-action suit over UBC parking
Argument is that university has no authority to impose fines

you got nailed with a parking fine or a towing charge at the University of B.C. in the past 16 years, you may be entitled to a refund.

A judge has approved a class-action suit against UBC after a Vancouver chartered accountant sued the university, alleging its parking regulations are illegal.

If the judge agrees with Daniel Barbour's arguments, some 100,000 people who have paid nearly $4 million in fines and towing charges since 1990 would be eligible to receive a refund from the university.

"The class [action] has raised an arguable case as to the legality of the fines," said B.C. Supreme Court Justice Richard Goepel in granting approval.

Without a class-action suit, UBC's conduct will go unchallenged because individual claims won't have any impact, the judge said. Therefore, "a class action is the only realistic method of challenging the legality of the parking regulations and modifying UBC's behaviour if that behaviour is found to be unlawful," he said.

Barbour, who has been named the representative plaintiff in the case, filed suit after he was forced to pay $200 when his car was towed from a parking lot on Wesbrook Mall on March 26, 2004.

He was charged with assault after getting into a confrontation with a tow-truck driver, but the charge was dismissed by a judge who found the tow-truck driver was at fault. Barbour then turned his attention to UBC's parking regulations and found what he considers to be a serious flaw.

His argument is that UBC has tried to assume enforcement authority through the Motor Vehicle Act and the Highway Act when it appears to have no authority to do so. In addition, he says the regulations were not enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, contrary to requirements of the University Act.

Barbour's lawyer, Sharon Matthews, said yesterday Barbour will be thrilled with the ruling and added it's not the first time a Canadian university has been embroiled in a battle over its parking rules.

"It's not unique to UBC," said Matthews. "The same ruling was made for Memorial University in Newfoundland several years ago, that acting under similar provisions they did not have the authority to do what they were doing.

"That was an individual case, not a class action. They had to return the money collected from the individual. But the whole system was basically declared inoperative. In our case, the whole system will be looked at and the remedy for everybody affected will be addressed."

NOW IF ONLY WE HAD SOME LAWYERS AT SFU :TEETH:]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/968/is-too-much-truth-a-bad-thing Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:44:12 +0000 Mike Jones 968@/forum/discussions too much truth isn't a good thing either... I had an epiphany about telling the truth all the time but now people have been calling me a jerk, even though I'm just tell people the truth about what to improve whats so wrong about that??]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/940/paul Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:56:40 +0000 pma10 940@/forum/discussions
it's cool to have a discussion place like this and i'm happy i found this site (don't remember how but i did).

I just transferred from Cap where I was doing Marketing at the School of Business (CSB) there. I'm thinking about Economics and maybe later a minor in Business Admin again.

Since I still haven't quite made up my mind, I'm only taking one course this coming semester to try things out!

I hope I make good friends here at SFU and party it up sometime!!

cheers,
Paul]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/508/guys-wanna-have-a-talksfu-meet Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:51:20 +0000 Mengs 508@/forum/discussions I'd really like to know the people that I talk to :)]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/966/what-does-the-number-next-to-the-course-code-mean Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:45:13 +0000 intr3pid 966@/forum/discussions
For example, BISC 102-4.

I was wondering what the 4 meant.

thanks]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/285/facebook Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:50:13 +0000 Jimmy 285@/forum/discussions talksfu is awesome but who else on here is a member of facebook? For those interested check it out at www.facebook.com

Cheers:beer:]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/393/facebook-talksfu Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:30:00 +0000 Mengs 393@/forum/discussions not trying to take people away from talksfu, but just trying to make more connections... so, come join the group, but continue chatting here :)

Also to admin; sorry, I took your talkSFU logo, if you want it removed from facebook, I'll do that...

thanks!]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/921/i-miss-school-already Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:37:31 +0000 illicit 921@/forum/discussions
so where's some new places that are opening up during the christmas break that's worth an effort to check out?

i know some decent movies are coming out on christmas day, but how bout restaurants and retail stores?

or just good places to check out period?]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/962/a-typical-family-conversation Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:02:50 +0000 johnny 962@/forum/discussions
[youtube]_3y_hX0noR0[/youtube]]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/958/i-have-weather-related-sickness Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:23:25 +0000 johnny 958@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/952/cheap-travel-for-students Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:46:20 +0000 BryanL 952@/forum/discussions http://www.mobissimo.com. http://www.mobissimo.com is great because it shows a list of a bunch of online websites and it will show you the cheapest of the cheap. I found that by going online, the flights were much cheaper than flight center and other travel agencies. So I went through mobissimo and selected a site that was called Orbitz at www.orbitz.com. I booked my airline tickets with them because they were the cheapest. $737 USD for one way leaving Sunday Feb 25th. So I booked and confirmed. I went back to their site to see my itinerary and I saw a link to their affiliate site for student travels. I looked around and saw a flight for $478! So I quickly booked it and canceled by other flight. This was an amazing deal. This website is for students and faculty staff members. THey give amazing deals which is great for those who are in college and travel. The website address is:

https://www.studentuniverse.com

I highly recommend people using this site if they are looking for cheap tickets, students of course.]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/934/beyonce-irreplaceble Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:13:44 +0000 JennyBRONX 934@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/943/update-and-question Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:12:10 +0000 Mengs 943@/forum/discussions
Though I won't be able to celebrate Xmas with them, it's okay cos my ex decided that we're gonna celebrate together, and I'm gonna cook for her... (chicken spaghetti =D )

So, I got my marks back and they are not as good as I was hoping them to be, but there's not much that can be done, so it's cool...

but i am still gonna be in SFU next sem, and I was wondering if anyone knows any good math tutors.. I'm taking stats course for psychology and I know that going to tutors will help you loads cos I used to do that, but he's not here anymoer... i don't mind the price cos it is for my studies... so does anyone know? if you could drop me his/her number on my private messages or right here is cool too =)

Thanks for listening and Happy holidays :D]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/942/fork-art Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:53:24 +0000 Malakaiii 942@/forum/discussions
Lots of examples here

The artist's website (where you can buy them! It's not too late for Xmas... haha)



How cool!]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/782/where-are-our-final-grades-posted Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:42:20 +0000 intr3pid 782@/forum/discussions
I was just wondering when our final grades are posted and where they are posted.

thanks]]>