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Toronto's new renoviction bylaw comes into effect next week

Toronto's new renoviction bylaw comes into effect next week

CBC2 days ago
The city's new renoviction bylaw is coming into effect July 31. As CBC's Lane Harrison explains, it's aimed at protecting tenants from being evicted from their homes by bad-faith landlords, who are attempting to raise rents under the disguise of renovations.
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