cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/81198
In early May, a group of tenants in Montreal‘s Saint-Laurent neighbourhood organized to block work in their apartment complex that they feared would expose them to asbestos. Three months later, the landlords responded with a defamation lawsuit and a request for an injunction against “the tenants’ assembly of Norgate and Chameran”, organized with the help of the group Off the Defensive.
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Sounds like it starting to be time to use other means to get proper treatment.
TL;DR: Money. They have it, you don’t. That’s what courts are for, protecting the interests of land owners.
Preserving the status-quo, regardless if it’s inequitable. Did someone say ACAB?
Courts, police, and law were created and funded by landowners throughout history as a way to protect “their” assets from the poor. They do not exist to protect or serve people regardless of the PR campaign to be tough on crime, clean up the streets, or make the country safe.
