https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/disability-pension-rent-increase-1.6310235
Renter on disability pension given 61% rent increase and told to shovel own snow
Ontario company moves to raise rent 8 days after buying building
Sixty-four-year-old Douglas London and his wife Anne have lived at 123 City Line for four years. The building was sold in early December to a numbered Ontario company.
Within days, notices of a $380 rent increase and the termination of snow removal around the building were placed in their mailbox.
"I could have handled a $100 rent increase — that wouldn't have bothered me," said London, "But $380? No. We couldn't come up with that."
This
eight-unit apartment building on City Line in Saint John sold for
$660,000 on Dec. 9, even though Service New Brunswick assessed the value
of it and an adjacent vacant lot to be just $216,900. (Robert Jones/CBC)
The Londons are among a growing number of long-term New Brunswick tenants being hit with substantial rent increases this winter after the province announced in November it would not join other provinces in setting a limit on what landlords can charge in 2022.
London has been paying $620 per month for his apartment, not including utilities, an amount he was told would jump to $1,000 on April 1.
"This increase is necessary to keep up with the rising cost of operating and to maintain consistency with the building," read the notice dated Dec. 17. "Thank you for your co-operation in this matter."
London's building and an attached lot were sold on Dec. 9 for $660,000. It's triple the assessed market value of the properties done by Service New Brunswick.
Brampton Ont., real estate investor Evan Murray is listed as president of the company that bought the property. He did not respond to an email asking about the purchase.
Evan
Murray is an Ontario real estate investor behind the purchase of an
eight-unit building on City Line in Saint John that led to a significant
rent increase. (Instagram)
Local Saint John property management company Canada Homes for Rent (CHR) was hired by Murray to look after the eight-unit building. It delivered the notices to tenants about rent.
In an email, Canada Homes for Rent president Jeff Murray said he would speak about the City Line property "as soon as possible" but was busy in the short term dealing with the aftermath of a weekend snowstorm.
London, who is on a disability pension with a number of health problems including heart trouble, was also notified that he would have to take over shovelling himself out following winter storms.
"Where snow removal is not provided by landlord, tenant must maintain clear and safe access to primary and secondary entry (and) exit and parking spot," read that notice, which was separate from the rent increase.
Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Progressive Conservative MLA Mary Wilson is the minister in charge of
Service New Brunswick and has staunchly argued against the need for any
cap on rent increases. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Service New Brunswick Minister Mary Wilson said the government was worried landlords would be hesitant to maintain older buildings or build new housing if rent hikes were limited.
"Rent control does not allow for legitimate costs to be incorporated into rent increases resulting in the risk that landlords spend less on maintenance," said Wilson. "The more you regulate rents, the more you limit supply as it deters new development."
But in many recent cases, large rent increases are being delivered within days of older properties selling to new owners and are not tied to building improvements or an expanded supply of new units.
Wilson's office said she was unavailable for an interview about recent rent increases that have followed building sales.
Instead, her department issued a statement saying tenants do have some protection against unreasonable rent increases if they file a complaint with the Residential Tenancies Tribunal.
There is "an opportunity to have a rent increase reviewed for reasonableness," said the statement.
"The reasonableness of any rent increase is based on the unit's current condition compared to similar units in the same neighbourhood."
Tenants
in this seven-unit building on Fredericton's Shore Street, including
two tenants in their 80s, received rent increase notices between 40 and
67 per cent on Dec. 11 — 10 days after it was sold to new landlords. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
However, there are no public guidelines issued by the province about what a reasonable rent might be in particular neighbourhoods, how big those neighbourhood areas are, or how buildings are compared to one another.
The rental market has become so tight for apartments below $1,000 that London said he is not sure he will be able to wait for a lengthy review of his increase to unfold on the chance he might be successful.
He believes he may have a line on a smaller apartment at just under $700 per month, and if it is offered, he feels he will have to take it.
"When we got this increase I started looking," said London.
Jael Duarte, the Fredericton lawyer who serves as a tenant advocate for the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights, believes London should have at least received six months notice of a rent increase since his letter arrived Dec. 17, the day laws on notice changed.
But that is another issue London is not sure he has the time to fight.
New Brunswick is one of four provinces that does not have some kind of rent control.
British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are all limiting rent increases to tenants in 2022, with some exceptions, to between zero and two per cent.
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What did you talk about?
Apartment building strata?
Don’t think so....
Why does everyone assume that the new owner is a slum lord for making the numbers work to keep the business open, including the deletion of paid 3rd party snow removal??
Like Jennie love for the Trudeau government who’s going to save the world
Get back on earth
Obviously Bouthi is losing the war on facts.
Does O'Toole believe in helping the less fortunate? With greater affordable housing?
Independant are partisan of what party Ron
When $800 for a 1 bedroom in bloody New Brunswick is reasonable...what have we become.
History will repeat itself. Bastille Day 2.0 isn't as far off as some rich folk think.
And those without a democracy have fared better? Our democracy isn’t perfect but it’s better than all the alternatives.
Rampant socialism, pushing everyone down to the same of misery, is sub-human.
See how that works?
But it is those with "...money and power..." who pay the way for those without. That is how democracy works.
Socialism works by stripping away money for everyone and leaving the power in the grasping hands of the 'leaders' who now have ALL the power (and money)!
"But it is those with "...money and power..." who pay the way for those without. "
...are they though?
"Wealthy Canadians hiding up to $240B abroad, CRA says"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cra-tax-gap-foreign-holdings-1.4726983
Do you have any idea why my coffee came out my nose when I read that???
I find find it drolly amusing that we often hear about the 'wealthy'.
Which usually means anyone making more money by being more productive, smarter, faster, better than the one making the comment.
Are some Canadians sheltering - legally or illegally - some money 'off-shore' and avoiding tax? Yes. But would Canada be better off is they took ALL their money, and the resulting taxes they DO pay, off-shore?
Another government fail for not capping rent increases. No rent controls attract the "profit sharks" like chum in the water.
Monday, 10 December 2018
Methinks the real "game-changer" would be to see the Attorney General and the RCMP finally investigate the actions of the CRA and KPMG N'esy Pas?
You criticized our form of government, I merely replied that it wasn’t perfect , it was just better than all the others. No one is saying what happened to this person is acceptable BUT it’s no reason to abandon democracy.
That is a false dichotomy, it would never happen. But, with the appropriate tax code in place, yes we would be better off. Appropriate tax code means that money made in Canada is taxed in Canada, where you reside and keep your funds is unimportant.
"I find find it drolly amusing that we often hear about the 'wealthy'.
Which usually means anyone making more money by being more productive, smarter, faster, better than the one making the comment."
There is a certain antisocial personality disorder that can not be mention that coincides with higher paying jobs.
So, maybe more productive, probably not smarter, doubtfully faster, not better than,... but probably no scruples, no remorse at stealing credit for work done by someone else, and would have no qualms raising a senior citizen's rent by 61% to make a few extra bucks.
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Methinks The CBC and The Not So Honourable Diane Lebouthillier Minister of National Revenue picked the wrong day to show me their nasty arses N'esy Pas?
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Hmmm Perhaps P.E.I. Senator Percy Downe should have read all the emails that I sent him over the years? Bet yet perhaps he should read the one I got from Minister Diane Lebouthillier just before I appeared before a panel of Judges in the Federal Court of Appeal in Fredericton NB and read them the Riot Act. Trust that I will post it within a blog I am about to make about this article i particular.
Need I say that a proud whistle-blower (namely me) against Bank Fraud, Tax Fraud, Securities Fraud and Murder has had enough of arguing mindless minions working for the Crown? The Crown does not even wish to argue why I have been barred from parliamentary properties while running for public office 5 times. Go Figure why CBC reports often about Chucky Leblanc and his barring and recent antics.
"Fredericton police arrest well-known N.B. blogger on legislature grounds"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-police-arrest-well-known-n-b-blogger-on-legislature-grounds-1.809584
Now that I have filled the dockets of Federal Courts of Canada and the USA with lots of evidence of many crimes and already discussed such things across borders an on the public record. A Proud Whistle-blower such as is well it is High Time to get down to the serious business of embarrassing the Hell out of Theresa May, Donnie Trump and Trudeau "The Younger" in an ethical political fashion and in several courts before Trump and his pals start another War and the Economy collapses. Only this time I will likely send young hungry lawyers to speak on my behalf because I have grown very weary of arguing with monumental liars. May 24th may have been the last time I will ever be seen speaking on the public record.
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Yo CBC moderator Good Luck with your conscience
Wealthy Canadians hiding up to $240B abroad, CRA says
Latest 'tax gap' calculation shows lost federal revenues of up to $14.6B a year
The Canada Revenue Agency arrived at the figure as part of its effort to calculate the country's "tax gap" — the difference between how much the government would collect if everyone paid what they owe, and how much the government actually takes in.
"Imagine if that money was coming into productive investments in Canada building our economy," said Diana Gibson of the advocacy group Canadians for Tax Fairness. "Imagine how many jobs you could get off of that."
The figures released Thursday show that there's another $429 billion held abroad that law-abiding Canadians have declared, largely in the form of property, stocks and bonds. Most of that above-board wealth is invested in the U.S. or China, the CRA report says.
Squirrelling money in foreign locales to dodge tax became a hot-button issue in recent years in the wake of the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers leaks, which blew the lid on billions of dollars in worldwide tax evasion and other financial crimes taking place via the shady milieu of offshore havens.
Rough estimates by other organizations of how much money the Canadian treasury loses as a result of those hidden accounts have ranged up to $20 billion annually, but the CRA had never previously produced an official number, for which it faced criticism. A dozen other Western countries calculate their tax gaps.
P.E.I. Senator Percy Downe is among those who had criticized the CRA for not estimating Canada's tax gap. (Steve Bruce/CBC)
Much more hidden wealth possible
The CRA claims it's getting better at ferreting out tax cheats who don't declare their foreign assets, with an additional $284 million in unpaid taxes discovered in the last three years and 1,100 audits underway. Just this year, about 100 countries, including Canada, have begun sharing information on foreigners who have bank and investment accounts within their borders.
The agency's new estimates released Thursday are rough figures only, based on crude calculations of the total amount of hidden stocks, bonds and bank accounts owned globally. That aggregate is thought to be between $6.3 trillion and $9.1 trillion as of 2013, the CRA report says, citing various academic studies.
Canadians account for anywhere from 1.2 per cent to 2.6 per cent of that wealth, the CRA says. That translates to between $75.9 billion and $240.5 billion in hidden assets, as of 2013, representing potential federal tax revenues of between $800 million and $3 billion in 2014.
"It's sort of on the low end of what we expected," said Gibson of Canadians for Tax Fairness. "We've done some number crunching that would put this at $5 billion to $7 billion" in lost tax, she said.
There could be much more hidden money and unpaid tax to be discovered, as the CRA has yet to estimate the tax gap for domestic and foreign holdings of corporations.
The CRA's latest numbers also don't only account for money hidden in tax havens, because the agency uses a very liberal interpretation of "offshore" wealth that includes any jurisdiction outside Canada.
Deficit could be wiped out
Overall, including domestic and foreign tax dodging, Canada's tax gap is now estimated to be at least as much as $14.6 billion a year based on 2014 data, the CRA says — the equivalent of 5.3 per cent of all federal revenues. That's enough money to plug the entire projected federal government deficit for next year.
The total tax gap that the CRA has calculated so far comes from:
- The up to $3 billion in unpaid personal income tax from foreign holdings.
- $8.7 billion in unpaid personal income tax from domestic income, which the CRA calculated last year.
- $2.9 billion in unpaid GST, reported on in 2016.
Denis Meunier, a former director general of enforcement at the CRA, said it's crucial the government have these kinds of tax-gap numbers so it can assess whether its collection efforts and tax-related policies are having an impact.
"It's important that we know these figures, and it's more important to know the changes over time. If you repeat the same methodology, if they do this every few years, you can determine if the gap is growing relative to GDP," Meunier said.
"And that should give you an appreciation, both the public and the CRA, of the work that it is doing and whether it's making a difference."
The parliamentary budget officer is also planning to publish its own study of Canada's tax gap and had been fighting the CRA for years to get relevant data. That study could come as early as this fall.
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