In a statement, the province said, effective immediately, it is extending the freeze on rent increases until July 10, 2021, under the powers of the Emergency Program Act and COVID-19 Related Measures Act. Increases set to happen on Dec. 1, 2020, are cancelled, along with all pending increases through to July, it said. NDP government had frozen rent increases on March 18, 2020, with the ban set to expire Dec. 1. During the election campaign, the party made affordable rent and housing security one of its main campaign planks, promising to make a cap on rent increases permanent. Monday's statement made it clear that any renters who have received notice of impending rent increases after the March 30 ban, including increases set for Dec. 1, should disregard those notices and continue to pay their current rent amount until next July.

Source: CBC News November 09, 2020 20:15 UTC