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Protest against Quebec Bill 31, banning lease transfers, happening in Montreal on Saturday

by Lorraine Carpenter

The demonstration was organized by tenants’ rights advocates who are denouncing the bill, calling for a rent freeze and demanding that Housing Minister France-Élaine Duranceau step down.

A protest against Quebec’s Bill 31 will be taking place in Montreal on Saturday. The demonstration’s organizers, the Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec (RCLALQ), are also demanding a rent freeze in Quebec and that Housing Minister France-Élaine Duranceau step down.

“As Quebec goes through the most profound housing crisis in its history, as rents surge and evictions multiply, the government has proposed a bill that represents a direct attack on tenants. This is shameful!”

The protest will begin at noon at 425 Beaubien E. (corner St-Denis).

Protest against Quebec Bill 31, banning lease transfers, happening in Montreal on Saturday

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following the closure of the alt weekly newspaper the Mirror, where she worked as a writer and editor for 12 years. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal and maintaining an independent voice in the Canadian media landscape.