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RE: Final Response regarding Employment Status and Medical Leave — File 2026D316

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mark holand <marktholand@gmail.com> Fri, May 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
To: KEVIN_PAYNE@bertc.bc.ca
Cc: "skyejsopsadm@cupe7000.ca" <skyejsopsadm@cupe7000.ca>, GILL NAVI <NAVDEEP_GILL@pbertc.bc.ca>, BCRTCLABOURRELATIONS@bcertc.bc.ca

RE: Final Response regarding Employment Status and Medical Leave — File 2026D316

To: Kevin Payne (KEVIN_PAYNE@BCRTC.BC.CA)
CC: Navi Gill; CUPE 7000; prohibited_action@worksafebc.com
Subject: RE: Formal Notice of Premeditated Retaliation and Administrative Bad Faith — File 2026D316

Dear Mr. Payne,

| am in receipt of your letter dated May 1, 2026. Your decision to label my medically justified absence as "AWOL"
and threaten my employment is a documented escalation of the retaliatory conduct currently being investigated

under WorkSafeBC Prohibited Action File 2026D316.

| have attached the January 26, 2026, email from Austen Puder (Exhibit A) to demonstrate that the
Company's current "medical compliance" narrative is a pretext for a demotion plot that began months ago.

1. Your Personal Knowledge of the January 26 Removal Plot As shown in Exhibit A, you were personally

CC’ed on the email initiating my removal from the training program for a "vexatious Work Refusal". This decision
was made within 72 hours of my safety report—before any technical noise survey occurred or any medical

evidence was gathered. Your participation in this chain proves that you have been aware of the intent to demote

me since January; your current threats are a direct continuation of that plan.

2. Documented Administrative Bad Faith My suspicion regarding your "standard processes" is based on

documented evidence of tampering. My FOI disclosures prove management manually provided incorrect
addresses (6700 Southridge) and false labels ("Server Room") to third-party consultants to manipulate the

noise benchmarks associated with my injury. Furthermore, your presence on the March 20, 2026, email—which
celebrated the denial of my claim with a "sunny afternoon" greeting—confirms that BCRTC management views

the medical struggles of its employees as a victory for leadership rather than a neutral administrative matter.

3. Procedural Impossibility and Specialist Care | have provided a valid Physician’s Certificate ordering me
off work until June 15, 2026. This timeline is required to allow for a specialized assessment by an
Otolaryngologist on May 27. Your demand for a completed questionnaire by May 8 is a procedural impossibility

designed to manufacture a "failure to comply" before specialist data even exists.

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