Sunday, January 13, 2008

Whistler warns 'greedy' landlords on tourist-gouging for 2010 Olympics

Whistler warns 'greedy' landlords on tourist-gouging for 2010 Olympics: "Landlords who evict long-term renters in order to gouge visitors arriving for the 2010 Winter Games won't be tolerated, Whistler councillors told taxpayers Saturday.

'I think I speak for all of council when I say that this is the one thing we are taking very, very seriously,' Councillor Eckhard Zeidler said.

'It is non-negotiable for us to be in the situation in 2010 where people are booting out long-term residents and employees in order to rent to tourists. We find that pretty unacceptable.'"

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