Just as private landlords didn't want their tenants to apply for the   
   provincial rent subsidy being offered to help with rents (BC-TRS) because they   
   had not been declaring the income at tax return time, now we see commercial   
   landlords doing the same thing.   
      
   But BC's NDP government has played another high card to thwart 'reluctant'   
   landlords.     
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   CBC News · Posted: Jun 01, 2020   
      
   B.C. bans commercial landlords from evicting tenants without applying for   
   federal rent relief   
      
   BREAKING: B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says landlords who choose not to   
   apply for Canada's emergency commercial rent relief program will not be able   
   to evict businesses that aren't able to pay rent.   
      
   James said the emergency order is meant to protect small businesses and to   
   encourage landlords to apply for the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent   
   Assistance, which aims to reduce rent owed by small business tenants by 75 per   
   cent for April, May and June.   
      
   The order restricts evictions, rent-repayment lawsuits, and repossession of   
   goods and properties by small businesses, and will stay in place until the end   
   of June, when the federal relief program is set to end.   
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   What will Ontario and other provinces do with *their* reluctant commercial   
   landlords?   
      
   https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-mayor-slams-landlords-not-app   
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