Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, said he plans to introduce national rent control if the NDP is in the majority of the next parliament. Singh’s proposal includes a renter’s bill of rights to tie federal housing funds to local rent control measures, banning practices such as “renovictions” and fixed-term leases that don’t automatically renew, and stopping landlords from using AI to coordinate price hikes.
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