Ahuntsic: Community groups face eviction
This kind of story has been a theme for a few years now: a disused school has been rented at a favourable rate for years to community groups, but now the CSSDM wants its premises back and there’s nowhere the groups can afford to move to. This version is happening in Ahuntsic right now.
If you wrote a satire of Quebec politics showing a food bank being evicted in favour of a centre de francisation, it would be criticized as Quebec‑bashing, but in this case it’s true.
The province, or the city, needs to make premises available to groups like this.
Update: Thirteen organizations are refusing to leave.
Uatu 12:34 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
Gotta keep people from starving en anglais. That’s what’s most important.
Ian 18:50 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
Welp, they’re refusing to leave.
« Oui, on nous demande de quitter à 17 h aujourd’hui. Non, on ne partira pas. » Évincés par le Centre de service scolaire de Montréal (CSSDM), treize organismes communautaires du quartier Ahuntsic, à Montréal, ont refusé de plier bagage vendredi, faute d’autres locaux où s’installer.
Good for them.