"When tenant protections are ended, how many minutes will your landlord wait to call?"

It was a major blow for the groups, who had sought to revise the rent laws to include more tenant protections.

"There is a need to have tenant protection on the books," he said.

The marshals are guided by the city's tenant protections, which are more extensive than those in most of the nation.

"They are evident in every unit within rent administration, and tenant protections have become thoroughly ineffective."

On workers' rights, women's rights, tenant protections and services for the elderly, his record is exemplary.

During his provincial campaign, Foster called for tenant protection, job creation and comprehensive workers compensation reforms.

But tenant advocates, who applauded the law as a critical tenant protection, now say there are many loopholes in it.

"This is part of the balancing between tenant protections and private property rights."

"There must be some kind of tenant protection," he said.