TUPOC director William Komer argued that his group met its rent obligations and that the agreement to purchase the building is still valid.
The United People of Canada has been establishing an “embassy” at the former St. Brigid’s church property on St. Patrick Street, which it says is open to all but has attracted a core group of supporters who are part of the “Freedom Convoy” movement.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
TUPOC director William Komer claimed that his group met its rent obligations and the agreement to purchase the building is still valid. Komer claims he left the first rent cheque at the office building on Murray Street adjoining the church on July 24. The office building was also part of the proposed property sale.
The purchase agreement said the offer to lease the building month-to-month would be terminated if TUPOC was in breach of its conditions.Article content Komer claimed the landlord did not provide leases as promised, which “frustrated our fundraising efforts” to raise money.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Komer’s affidavit claimed that McDonald told him verbally that TUPOC “could do whatever we would like with the building, paint whatever we would like, use whatever chattels and equipment we would like.”
He has seen protesters across the street yelling and screaming profanity, “slight problems with some street people” that warranted calls to police and people vandalizing the church, such as tearing paint off doors and putting graffiti on the building, states the affidavit from Taylor.
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