Bill 31

• Quebec adopts controversial housing bill restricting lease transfers

  Lease transfers allow new tenants to benefit from the existing rent and prevents landlords from jacking up the price. But now, landlords can reject lease transfers for any reason.

  Canada

  Feb 21
  
• Montreal protest denounces Bill 31, Quebec’s controversial housing bill

  Montrealers are fearful that Quebec's Bill 31 will make it even harder to find affordable housing across the city. A protest on Saturday was to send a message to the government.

  Canada

  Feb 3
  
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• Quebec stands firm on lease transfers, pushes changes through

  With less than two weeks left before the national assembly breaks for the holidays, Housing Minister France-Élaine Duranceau is trying to push ahead with Bill 31.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2023
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• Seniors plead for better housing protection under Quebec’s Bill 31

  Housing advocates, seniors and some politicians are calling on the Quebec government to better protect seniors under the housing legislation known as Bill 31.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2023
• Quebec’s Bill 31 puts social housing at risk, groups argue

  The FLHMQ argues a section of the bill would make it easier for municipalities to sell social housing units and transform them into affordable housing.

  Politics

  Sep 20, 2023
• Advocates say Quebec doesn’t care about tenants: ‘There will be discrimination’

  Tenants' rights groups gathered the day before public hearings on Quebec's new housing bill were set to get underway to demand changes to the new legislation.

  Politics

  Sep 13, 2023
• Reported real estate flipping has opposition blasting Quebec housing minister

  The reports reveal the minister's recent business partner has a lobbying mandate with the government and the two of them flipped a building together and made over $2 million.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2023
• Quebec tables bill to give pharmacists more power

  Bill 31 could give Quebec pharmacists more power.

  Health

  Jun 13, 2019
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• Ontario didn’t drop the constitutional ‘nuclear bomb’ — but Doug Ford isn’t disarming it, either

  The threatened use of the notwithstanding clause isn't a bug in a bumbling process, but a feature, Matt Gurney says.

  Commentary

  Sep 19, 2018
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• Ontario’s appeal court sides with Ford government, paves way for 25-ward Toronto election

  By granting a stay, there will be 25 wards instead of 47 in the upcoming municipal election as originally set out in Bill 5, the Better Local Government Act.

  Politics

  Sep 19, 2018