A Campbell River apartment owner and her building manager have been ordered to build a ramp for their disabled tenant and to pay her $15,000 for “injury to her dignity, feelings and self-respect.”

In a hearing before a B.C. Human Rights tribunal Patricia Vermette, the owner of the Cedar Place apartments, and manager Alan Oakley have been ordered to build a ramp for 68-year-old Joyce Stewart who suffers from severe osteoporosis and a club foot.

Vermette and Oakley were also ordered to pay Stewart another $500 because they did not provide complete documentation as ordered by tribunal member Marlene Tyshynski.

Stewart is proudly independent and has lived at the Cedar Place apartments since 1999. In 2010 she required a walker for mobility and was having significant difficulty going up and down stairs. That’s when she asked for a ramp and was told she should move someplace else.

“I’m so happy,” Stewart told the Mirror last week. “I’ve been fighting for this for more than two years.” She says she’s going to take some time before deciding what to do with her $15,000 “windfall.”

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