Critics slam housing minister for ethics breach, lease transfer legislation
Opposition members and community groups shared harsh words for Quebec Housing Minister France-Élaine Duranceau this week over an ethics breach and a contentious article adopted at commission.
On Tuesday, Article 7 was adopted into housing Bill 31 at the Commission de l’aménagement du territoire. The article revokes Quebecers’ right to transfer their lease, a mechanism that helps keep rents from skyrocketing from one tenant to the next.
Duranceau was in the spotlight yet again when on Thursday, the parliamentary ethics commissioner ruled that she had violated the code of ethics by fast-tracking an audience with friend and business partner Annie Lemieux last year.
