A Campbell River man is being sued for over $8,500 in federal court after he says the Canadian Coast Guard destroyed his boat without his knowledge. Tom Puglas, 76, of the Mamalilikulla First . . .
Unable to find the parts he needed, he drove more than 3 1/2 hours to Nanaimo. “I brought my parts down to work on my engine and the boat just wasn’t there,” said Puglas from his home in Campbell River. According to federal court documents, the Canadian Coast Guard was called in on Aug. 22, 2017, after reports Puglas’s vessel was sinking and discharging oil. The documents claim the Coast Guard contacted Puglas, who said he would remove the vessel from the water and make any necessary repair. Puglas denies that ever happened. “They didn’t phone me or anything,” he said. “I checked it maybe once or twice every week or two. The last time I tried to check, it wasn’t there.”
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Tom Puglas, a First Nations elder on Vancouver Island, says he planned to repair his aging boat. But before he could and without any warning, he says the coast guard destroyed the boat, which it says was sinking and leaching oil. Now, a federal agency wants Puglas to pay the $8,500 bill.
The Coast Guard destroyed his ship without questioning.Now, a federal agency wants him to pay a bill of $8,500
Tom Puglas, 76, said that he had just spent thousands of dollars repairing the engine of an old second-hand fishing boat when he received a call from a friend in the fall of 2017, telling him that his fishing boat was already Walked away from the old boat. port.
He said that he later learned through a friend that his ship and all its equipment had been destroyed by the Canadian Coast Guard and sent him a $8,500 bill to cover the cost.
Puglas said: “I never got in touch with the Coast Guard. I didn’t know until I was about to repair my boat.” said Puglas, the mayor of Vancouver, who lives in the Campbell River in Glasgow, British Columbia, said his boat It is 200 km from the hotel in Port McNeill Port.