Dear Editor:
About five months ago Premier Doug Ford issued a moratorium on rent increases in Ontario. At the same time, property taxes were increased, water rates went up and insurance premiums increased substantially.
Recently Toronto Mayor John Tory petitioned the Ontario Legislature to invoke a “no-eviction order.” Basically this allows a tenant to squat on someone’s property with no consequences.
And what does it teach the tenant and his family? And what about the socialism being taught by Premier Ford?
I guess it would be absurd of me to suggest that the tenants give up the wifi, the satellite TV, the family’s cell phones, video games and cigarettes; but, that would make Ford look like a Grinch!
I visited the residence of a “past-due” tenant last week. She was smoking dope and cigarettes. In a corner of the kitchen were 17 pizza boxes which she stated were delivered by Uber.
Mr. Ford may wish to take a longer view of his mercurial decisions. These tenants, like Pavlov’s dogs, are going to expect relief ad infinitum in the future. They will continue to expect “relief” the rest of their lives, courtesy of you and me. I resent the premier’s subsidy of tenants at my expense and that of the taxpayer.
Jim McClure,
Crieff