Cheap rent in Toronto allowed me to write my first book. Doug Ford's changes made that dream impossible for other young artists

by Anna Fitzpatrick Special to the Star

Thanks to rent control, when my novel was published in 2022 I still paid only $790 a month. Market rent for a similar space would have been nearly double that.

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