In Toronto, about 200 residents of a highrise are on strike — they’re refusing to pay rent. It’s their form of protest against the owners of the building, where longtime tenants have experienced six above-guideline rent increases in the past decade.
In another part of the city, more than 100 tenants in an apartment complex have stopped paying rent to protest proposed above-guideline increases of almost 10 per cent over the last two years, according to a tenant advocacy group.
The strikers are saying enough is enough. And it’s not the first time tenants in Canada have staged a rent strike.
More than 300
