"We want to see a true rent freeze," Maryanna Lewyckyj, a member of Toronto ACORN, told CBC Toronto. "Theoretically, there is a rent freeze in the province, so you are only supposed to get a zero per cent rent increase but there's a giant loophole that allows rent increases to occur. Maryanna Lewyckyj, a member of Toronto ACORN, says: 'We want to see a true rent freeze.' "AGIs are a loophole through which corporate landlords are driving trucks to raise the rent even though there is a rent freeze. "The rent freeze the Ontario government has announced for 2021 does not cover AGIs.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2021 22:41 UTC