Headline: They are policing words while our province is in a housing crisis.

My name is Aryo. I am an immigrant who came to this country with a dream, a drafting board, and a promise to work hard. For 37 years, I haven’t just been “in business”—I’ve been building the duplexes and homes that keep Vancouver families together. I didn’t want to be a millionaire; I just wanted to be a designer who made a difference.

In 2022, while I was working to help solve our housing shortage, an elite architecture firm didn’t look at my blueprints. They didn’t check my site safety. They audited my YouTube and my blog. They found an adjective.

Because I used the word “Architectural” to describe my 37 years of experience, the AIBC—a government-backed regulator—pursued me with a vengeance. They treated a veteran builder like a criminal over a vocabulary choice.

“The house in the first photo is what I do. The second photo is what the AIBC did to me. They spent years auditing my blog and YouTube (Image 3) to find ‘adjectives’ to fine me $62,000, causing a heart attack that nearly ended my life.”

The stress was so heavy that in February 2025, my heart simply couldn’t take it anymore. I suffered a major heart attack while fighting for my right to speak. I lay in the hospital wondering how “protecting the public” meant breaking a man’s heart.

Their response? A $62,000 fine in January 2026.

They want $62,000 for a word. In a province where families are being priced out of their own city, the “Architectural” elite are spending their time and your money trying to bankrupt a man in his 60s.

If they can do this to me, they can do it to any of us. They are gatekeeping the Canadian Dream. I survived the heart attack, and now I am fighting for the right of every designer, every technologist, and every immigrant to work without fear.

Don’t let them silence the builders. Help me fight this.