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Hmm, I wonder why Québec Premier François Legault thinks there& #39;s no housing crisis. I wonder where he gets his talking points... 
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(Screenshot from fb Mtl landlords group)
A little thread below abt CORPIQ influence/power.
(Screenshot from fb Mtl landlords group)
A little thread below abt CORPIQ influence/power.
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Landlords need to paint the existence of the housing crisis as a "left-wing" political lie in order to justify their actions. CORPIQ (landlord association) needs to constantly brainwash its own members, because otherwise small-time landlords would start to feel bad for tenants.
You actually see this conflict unfolding in some of the more centrist Mtl landlord groups, where there& #39;s a mix of political ideologies among landlords. Some of the less R-wing landlords r starting to rebel against CORPIQ propaganda, bcs even as landlords, they see that it& #39;s evil.
Funnily enough, the more R-wing landlord groups see these more centrist/mixed-ideology landlord groups as "communist landlord groups" which is obvs absurd, because a communist landlord is an oxymoron.
To justify its existence, CORPIQ needs to constantly scare its own members, vilify any tenant protection attempts, & even cover up the suffering of tenants by calling it a fabrication. Otherwise, landlords would stop paying CORPIQ to advocate for them, and that would end CORPIQ.
The article referenced at the beginning of this thread is a really great example of the propaganda CORPIQ disseminates to its members (& landlords that they& #39;re trying to recruit). It masterfully manipulates statistics to erase the housing crisis & paint landlords as victims.
Not only that, in this article, we can see CORPIQ doing the CAQ& #39;s (that& #39;s the R-wing party currently governing Québec) work for them. They attack both provincial & municipal opponents to the CAQ (Québec Solidaire & Projet Montréal), and end the article by praising the CAQ.
It shows us another level of the symbiotic relationship between CORPIQ and CAQ. CORPIQ campaigns for CAQ, & CAQ rewards CORPIQ by rendering the Régie/TAL (Québec& #39;s rental housing administrative tribunal) effectively toothless, letting landlords do whatever they like w/ impunity.
If you& #39;re curious to read the CORPIQ article yourself, here& #39;s the link: https://www.corpiq.com/fr/nouvelles/1862-inventer-une-crise-du-logement-pour-se-faire-reelire">https://www.corpiq.com/fr/nouvel...
I hope that you found this useful at least a little bit. I find that as an anglophone, it can be quite difficult to crack the nut of Québec politics. You definitely need a certain level of French to do it, & there are very few people explaining it in English.
That being said, even if it& #39;s difficult, I think it& #39;s a weak cop-out to not learn abt/just ignore Qc politics just because you& #39;re an Anglo. It& #39;s our responsibility as ppl on the Left to learn abt the workings of oppression around us, so that we can effectively fight it.
I know a lot of Anglos who& #39;ve lived in Montreal for a decade who still keep up with Ontario politics more than Québec politics, just because it& #39;s so tough to find info on Qc poli in English. If that& #39;s you, I hope my threads can help push you to being more knowledgeable. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💖" title="Funkelndes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Funkelndes Herz">
