(Saint-Hyacinthe ) Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois asks Quebecers to write personally to France-Élaine Duranceau and François Legault through a Québec solidaire website to ask them to back down on their desire to limit lease assignments .
“We invite everyone to remain respectful in their comments, but be firm on the substance. This is not the time to take away from tenants in Quebec one of the few defense mechanisms that still exist to protect themselves against abusive rent increases, ”said the parliamentary leader of Quebec solidaire on Saturday on the sidelines of the National Council of the party, held in Saint-Hyacinthe during the weekend.
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The parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
Mr. Nadeau-Dubois fiercely criticizes the Minister of Housing France-Élaine Duranceau, whom he renamed the “Minister of Speculation”, because she participated in a real estate flip.
He also mocked the unfortunate statement of the minister, who said last week on the airwaves of Noovo that if a tenant wants to transfer a lease to someone else, “he must invest in real estate”.
housing crisis
We wonder what planet France-Élaine Duranceau lives on. It’s real world. Families torn apart. These are people evicted, who pile up in unsanitary apartments, that’s the housing crisis. And we have a government that doesn’t care by inviting Quebec tenants to invest in real estate. How disrespectful.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire
He also criticizes him for having tabled his bill 31 on housing on the last day of the parliamentary session, when there is a housing crisis which requires rapid action. “What arrogance! What contempt! What disinterest in the question of housing! “, he lamented.
Mr. Nadeau-Dubois adds Mr.me Duranceau can redeem himself by backing down on the provision on the assignment of the lease in Bill 31. “We still have time to mobilize for the minister to back down,” said the MP.