COMMENTARY - During question period at the Saskatchewan legislature on March 5th, 2013, the NDP MLA for Saskatoon Centre claimed that “the real option (to rent increases) is rent controls”, further expressing concerns “about the lack of legislation preventing another company from outside the province buying rental property”.
Aside that mere mention of rent controls may send rents going even higher, the NDP is wilfully ignoring the many studies done on the negative impacts of rent controls. Read more »