I'll give you a very specific example, one that might not mean much to people from outside Montreal. There was a case involving a renoviction on Saint-Zotique Street, in the heart of Rosemont, and we were helping those renters fight for their rights. Initially, everyone agreed to fight to stay in their units, but the new owner had more than one trick up their sleeve. Ultimately, only three of the 21 or 22 households or individuals who'd been there from the beginning are still living in their units.
You can see that there's money to be made. Initially, the new owner told renters that they would get three months' free rent or help with their moving costs. Then the owner increased the offer to $15,000 to get the renters out. You can understand that those people were really fed up and stressed by that kind of harassment. Eventually, they couldn't take it anymore, and most of them decided to move out and take the $15,000. They might have even gotten more than that, since negotiations were still under way.
Based on what a renter told us, the rent for a two-bedroom apartment went from approximately $700, which is quite unusual, to approximately $1,300 or $1,500. That might not seem like much to someone in Toronto or Vancouver, but the market in Montreal and across Quebec is different. Indeed, it's a good thing that our renters don't have to pay the kinds of rents being charged in a number of cities across Canada. That said, no matter the reason, it's inhumane to put people through that. I understand investors, but—