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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

While standing behind a sign that literally says "Protecting Ontario"....

Fiction couldn't make this timeline any more fucked than it is if it tried.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There was a printer error on the sign, mistakes happen.

    it's actually supposed to read

    Protecting Ontario Landlords

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I feel doubly bad the for the poor minimum wage drone at the Staples copy centre that's going to fired over this, then...

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  • I'm sure the Ontario PCs let their landlord know as well so they can kick them out at the end of the lease.

    Edit: Fuck, i just realized, without that protection, someone could literally bribe a landlord to kick you out at end of the lease.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    The party of institutional psychopathy.

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  • That's fair, they're working in their class interests, and you should too by seeking the abolition of landlords.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    To save everyone a click, no, not all of them.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    @CanadaPlus @NightOwl To save more clicks, after an overwhelming torrent of backlash and complaint, they're already walking it back:reminetwork.com/articles/bill-GF is a residential and rental LTB stuff lawyer who works mostly for landlords and everyone at her firm was like "whoa, no. This bill is fcking EVIL."When the lawyers on your side are like "no, this is bad shit", you're bad and you should feel bad.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    So the really controversial provision was letting landlords evict tenants at the end of a lease term, because that would essentially kill rent control, which apparently Ontario has. I can both see why Doug Ford would do that and why there would be an outcry.

    Who's GF? I'm not sure what you mean with that part, and lawyers going against their clients interests would be more than just unusual.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    GF = Girfriend. Not suprising this is lost on lemmy users /s

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    OK, all of the changes they made are inhumane but this one...

    Abolishing “security of tenure,” the guarantee that a tenancy be maintained on a month-to-month basis on the terms of the previous lease when a lease lapses or expires.

    Holy shit.

    That's how you never get to live anywhere without a (NSFW)

    spoilerlubeless ass fucking every year.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Is there a list anywhere of who's pushing for this?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Can we abolish fascist ford and all his minions instead please.

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