First things first.
The fire in Old Montreal last Thursday exposes a huge problem in this city around housing, safety, and lack of accountability that's best summed up in one thread from @FNoMTL:
We’ve read half this article before. Illegal airbnbs. Ghost hotels. Renovictions and sky high rents. Neighbours complaining about safety issues. Weak government response. Nobody can say they didn’t see this coming, and everyone who let it happen has blood on their hands.
— Grimes 👽 🧚♂️ 💎 🍼💰 (impersonator) (@FNoMTL) March 21, 2023
Let's take a beat.
Breathe in through the nose, and out through the mouth. Devastation and destruction. Reckless and needless loss of life. Our thoughts and prayers.
OK – let's get to it.

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