David Sarraf and Sami Hashmi Mohamad Draid

Bruce Butler: Rather, Butler concluded that Draid boss, David Sarraf, had "no self awareness" of the way he treated his employee, finding that the wealthy developer had pushed Draid on three previous occasions, according to CBC. An unusual relationship' The conflict happened in September of 2012 at a building under renovation at West 6th Avenue and Fir Street in Vancouver. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge found a wealthy Vancouver developer "had no self awareness of the way he treated his employee." B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Butler also found Sami Hashmi Mohamad Draid was not guilty of aggravated assault stemming from a workplace dispute at a Vancouver building site in 2012. It one of 50 buildings owned by Sarraf. The judge said the two men had an "unusual relationship" marked by a "substantial power imbalance." Draid is a Libyan immigrant who came to Canada in 2008, leaving two teenage sons behind, while Sarraf has been in Canada for 41 years. Sarraf hired Draid weeks before the incident as a general labourer and to do clean-up work on his construction sites. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.