Three parties condemn Trudeau tenant plan
The CAQ, the PQ and QS are all condemning Justin Trudeau’s plan to protect tenants.
I do so love paying federal taxes but having federal benefits blocked by Quebec’s nationalist parties. It makes me feel warm all over.
Ian 18:39 on 2024-03-28 Permalink
Wait until you hear about the duplication of federal services with national offices. It’s a byzantine cash spigot that has no turn-off valve.
But hey, people hear English downtown, Quebec’s culture will collapse if we let those dirty federalists tell us what to do.
Loyo 19:54 on 2024-03-28 Permalink
Contrary to federalism rules as clearly provincial jurisdiction per S. 92(13) of Canada Act, 1867 (aka BNA Act).
Kate 20:03 on 2024-03-28 Permalink
You know what, Loyo? I don’t give a shit. If we can get better treatment from the feds on housing or healthcare why shouldn’t we? We’re actually still in Canada even if CAQ policy has always been to simply proceed as if Quebec’s a separate republic. Je m’en fous de “jurisdiction”!
I’m actually happy that the feds have noticed that the provinces have fumbled housing and that people are falling into homelessness and suffering. Would I rather have a place to live, or sleep in a cardboard box safe in the knowledge that S. 92(13) of Canada Act, 1867 has been respected?
Kevin 08:44 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
It’s a failure of our education systems, but the vast majority of Canadians are completely unaware that there are provincial and federal jurisdictions of responsibilities.
People just want stuff to work.
Tim S. 08:54 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
Yes, sooner enough the various nationalist politicians will have to explain why other Canadians can get contraception and diabetes medications for free but we can’t. There’s a populist argument to be made that the interests of the political class in defending jurisdiction are not necessarily the interests of the people. I just hope someone on the left gets there before Duhaime.
Meezly 11:21 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
That’s not exactly true. According to the CTV article, It was CAQ who quickly condemned Trudeau’s new tenant protection plan while the PQ and QS are targeting Legault for letting the feds interfere in the first place (which strategically makes sense for the opposition). Also the PQ wanted more details before they take a clear position, which actually sounds quite reasonable, unlike the CAQ’s reactionary stance.
Joey 13:45 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
Meezly, I think you are giving the CAQ too much credit on this one; they clearly are opposed to Trudeau’s plan (otherwise they would have included elements of it in their own housing reform). The idea that Legault’s “study” of the LPC proposal will lead him to conclude anything other than “Ottawa should F off and send us money while we do nothing” is preposterous. Sad that the only level of gov’t that sees protecting tenants as a vote-getting issue is the one that, despite the grumbling here, has no jurisdiction to do very much. Kate may not give a shit, but the courts eventually will.
Kate 13:56 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
Joey, I’m just fed up with watching the provincial and federal governments waste our time and money in sparring, duplicating efforts and playing stupid games. Maybe I shouldn’t have said I don’t give a shit – but when the feds say “We’re going to do something beneficial for you” and Quebec says “Not on our watch, you don’t” it wears me down.
steph 17:07 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
Is credit scores linked to rent payments actually a good thing? There’s no “credit” in the transaction as tenants pay rent at the beginning of the month.
Blork 18:03 on 2024-03-29 Permalink
@steph, there is still “credit” in a more abstract sense, in that if you don’t pay the rent on the first day of the month you are not automatically ejected out of the apartment. Besides that, the idea (AFAIK) is that a credit score is a score of reliability for meeting financial obligations. So paying your rent always, and on time, should affect your score as someone who reliably meets their obligations.
Meezly 09:43 on 2024-03-30 Permalink
@Joey, I kind of bungled my second sentence there, but I didn’t give the CAQ any credit at all on their quick, reactionary position. Kate wrote that the CAQ, the PQ and QS all condemned Justin Trudeau’s plan to protect tenants, when it was just the CAQ that did so.
And I agree with the PQ and QS – even though their blaming Legault was likely also a political strategy, if Legault had put in place a law that actually helped protect tenants properly, the feds wouldn’t be interfering in the first place.