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SUMMARY:Rent control now!
DESCRIPTION:Our new government has made it clear they’re not extending rent control past the state of emergency – tenants need to fight to keep the cap in place! Join us for a community event and peaceful protest on September 23rd at the NS legislature – ALL DAY! \n\n\n\nSince the temporary rent cap was put in place\, ACORN has been hearing stories and receiving rent increases from tenants whose landlords intend to raise rents after the cap lifts. “What we’re seeing is rent increases where the landlord says ‘Your rent is going up by the legal 2%\, unless the state of emergency lifts in which case it will go up $100-$1000\,” says Halifax-Peninsula Chair Hannah Wood. “We’ve seen rent increases like these for as much as $2000.” \n\n\n\nEven though these rent increases are illegal\, they have become common since the government made it clear they don’t intend to prosecute landlords who violate the 2% rent cap.  \n\n\n\nMarjike Grijm\, Chair of the Dartmouth chapter of ACORN\, writes: “This isn’t just an issue with the downtown core\, people are even getting priced out of traditionally affordable neighbourhoods like Highfield\, where a one bedroom apartment can go for as much as $1200 these days.” She disputes claims that the housing crisis was caused by the pandemic\, “We were in a crisis before COVID.  \n\n\n\nCost of living keeps skyrocketing\, rents are skyrocketing\, but our wages stay the same. Developments that go up in this city aren’t affordable units\, and landlords bring up the rent knowing full well that tenants have no other option but to pay. If we don’t fight to keep a rent cap in place\, tenants are going to keep getting priced out of the city and the province.” \n\n\n\nKeep the Rent Cap – Agenda \n\n\n\n10:00 – 10:30am: Introductions \n\n\n\n10:30 – 10:45am: Nan McFadgen (NSFL) \n\n\n\n10:45 – 10:55am: Gary Burrill (NSNDP) \n\n\n\n10:55 – 11:10am: Suzy Hansen (NSNDP) \n\n\n\n11:10 – 11:30am: Raymond Sheppard \n\n\n\n11:30 – 11:45am: Christine Saulner (CCPA) \n\n\n\n11:45am – 12:00pm: ACORN \n\n\n\n12:00 – 1:00pm: Mark Culligan (DLAS) – Tenancy Law Q+A & Loaded Ladle – Meal Serving \n\n\n\n1:00 – 2:00pm: Banner Making & Sign Pickup \n\n\n\n2:00 – 2:30pm: Vicky Levack – Universal Design & Accessible Housing \n\n\n\n2:30 – 2:45pm: Aparna Mohan (DSU) – Student Housing \n\n\n\n2:45 – 3:00pm: Amanda Sprigs (This Should Be Housing) \n\n\n\n3:00 – 3:30pm: ACORN – Housing Solutions Beyond Rent Control \n\n\n\n3:30 – 3:45pm: Campbell McClintock (OOTC/ACORN) \n\n\n\n3:45 – 4:00pm: Lina Hamid (Halifax Refugee Clinic/ACORN) \n\n\n\n4:00 – 4:30pm: Phone-In Action \n\n\n\n4:00 – 5:30pm: Pat Donovan (Music)
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rent-control-now/
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SUMMARY:Rally at the DFO to protest their treatment of the livelihood fisheries
DESCRIPTION:Rally at the DFO to protest their treatment of the livelihood fisheries \n\n\n\nWHERE: DFO headquarters\, 1 Challenger Dr. Dartmouth \n\n\n\nWHEN: 11:30am Thursday\, September 23 \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS  And drums \n\n\n\nA rally Thursday is calling attention to the Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s violations of Mi’kmaw Treaty Rights in recent months.   \n\n\n\nAll Mi’kmaq people have the right to fish for a moderate livelihood. This is protected by the treaties and affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1999. Treaty rights are enshrined in Canadian law through the constitution\, which is the highest law in the Canadian legal system. However\, despite these rights\, the Department of Fisheries & Ocean (DFO) has been harassing Mi’kmaw fishers –even arresting youth and a Mi’kmaw chief– asserting this treaty right. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-at-the-dfo-to-protest-their-treatment-of-the-livelihood-fisheries/
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