VICTORIA – The BC Conservatives have introduced a bill that could threaten thousands of long-term renters and encourage bad-faith evictions before next year’s FIFA World Cup. Currently, the BC NDP’s Short Term Rental Accommodations Act (STRAA) bans standalone short-term rentals in communities …
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