lautan@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 7 months agoMontreal tenant forced to pay his landlord’s taxes offers advice to other renterswww.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMontreal tenant forced to pay his landlord’s taxes offers advice to other renterswww.theglobeandmail.comlautan@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
Tenant David Siscoe still owes more than $43,000 after being dunned by CRA for foreign landlord’s failure to pay
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThe only way this makes sense is as a punitive measure against foreign landlords, where the tenant (as the tax payer) gets some measure of ownership over the property, which doesn’t seem to be the case.
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThat would make sense. This current thing is one of the dumbest, most citizen-hostile laws I have ever seen, and I am saying that stuck in the US.
The only way this makes sense is as a punitive measure against foreign landlords, where the tenant (as the tax payer) gets some measure of ownership over the property, which doesn’t seem to be the case.
That would make sense. This current thing is one of the dumbest, most citizen-hostile laws I have ever seen, and I am saying that stuck in the US.