Protesters take to Montreal’s streets to oppose Quebec housing bill

Protesters gathered in the Montreal neighbourhood of La Petite-Patrie on Saturday afternoon to voice their opposition to Quebec's Bill 31 and the province's housing minister. If adopted, the housing bill would allow landlords to reject any request for a lease transfer — which some tenants see as a way of limiting rent increases — without specifying why, and then cancel the lease. "Tenants in Quebec are suffocating," said Cédric Dussault, spokesperson for Regroupement des comités logement et asso