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Michael Lax: You Won’t Evict our Neighbours!

Posted on: September 14, 2020 /
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Yesterday flyers were posted in the neighbourhood of landlord Michael Lax of Nuspor Investments, owner of the high rise apartment building at 1251 King in Parkdale. Flyers were also posted in the area of the private school where Lax is a director. We hope Lax’s neighbours and the families who are part of his school

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We Won’t Abandon Our Schools

Posted on: September 8, 2020 /
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In wealthy neighbourhoods across Toronto, in-person enrollment sits at 80-95% for their elementary schools. In working class neighbourhoods like Parkdale, Jane and Finch, Markham and Eglinton and throughout Scarborough, 25-60% is the norm. So, what do they know that we don’t know? They know that when they keep their kid enrolled, they prevent classes from

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What OPSEU Workers Can Do About Mass Evictions

Posted on: July 16, 2020 /
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Unionized public service workers (members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union) are required at every stage of the eviction process. Without those workers, mass evictions would not be possible. Participating in the eviction of struggling tenants during a health and housing crisis is not a public service. Your employer may demand you participate in

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Breaking News: Evictions to resume as soon as August 1

Posted on: July 7, 2020 /
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“It’s not fair to the neighbours. It’s not fair to the people in the neighbourhoods.” – Doug Ford on tenant protests and not impending mass evictions, July 7, 2020  Ford is now moving to end the eviction moratorium at the same time as pushing through Bill 184. This new law enables mass evictions through fast-tracked

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Kill the Mass Eviction Bill: Ford Escalates Threat of Mass Evictions

Posted on: July 2, 2020 /
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On July 2, the Ontario government voted to amend Bill 184, the Eviction Bill, in a step towards ensuring mass evictions for Ontario tenants who have been unable to pay rent in full during the COVID-19 crisis. All tenants who have been unable to pay full rent, whether they have signed repayment plans or not,

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Toronto Tenants Demand No COVID Evictions

Posted on: June 10, 2020 /
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Yesterday hundreds of working class people marched through downtown Toronto, rallying at Queen’s Park before marching to the Landlord and Tenant Board. Tenants from Malton, Etobicoke, Jane and Finch, Parkdale, East York, and Scarborough were united in their demands for a permanent ban on evictions and forced collection of unpaid rent during the months of

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Parkdale tenants demand no COVID evictions from MetCap and Golden Equity

Posted on: June 5, 2020 /
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QUEEN’S PARK RALLY JUNE 9 at 2PM SHARP! This morning Parkdale tenants at 1475 King made the trip to Scarborough to deliver their demands to landlord Golden Equity. Tenants at 1475 King have been on rent strike since April 1 demanding Golden Equity negotiate with their committee regarding conditions at the building. Roger Steele of

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June 9 Queen’s Park Rally: No COVID Evictions. Not now, Not ever

Posted on: June 2, 2020 /
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On Tuesday, June 9 at 2:00 PM sharp, tenants from across the GTA will come together at Queen’s Park to demand that there be no evictions for unpaid rent during the COVID-19 crisis. Not now. Not ever. Join us at Queen’s Park and send a message to the government, landlords and our fellow tenants: we

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RANEE LANDLORD BEN FRIEDMAN INVOLVED IN 100+ LONG-TERM CARE DEATHS!

Posted on: May 30, 2020 /
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We re-publish this report from People’s Defence Toronto. While organizing over the past two months, we have been horrified by news of mass COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes. Recently, we found out that some of the worst hit homes are owned by the same person sending eviction notices and rent increases to hundreds of

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Stop the Eviction Bill

Posted on: May 26, 2020 /
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Emergency Action: Text Doug Ford now at 416-805-2156 or email him at doug.fordco@pc.ola.org to ask why he is making it easier for landlords to evict tenants in the midst of a global pandemic that has made paying rent impossible for tens of thousands of tenants across Ontario. Ford Goes Behind Tenants’ Backs To Weaken Tenant

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