Analysis: Quebec plans to impose fines of up to $100,000 per listing on short-term rental companies who don't follow the rules.
British Columbia is also in the process of developing its ownQuebec had already required all short-term units to be registered and display that number on the listing, but the rules weren't adequately enforced. In some cases, hosts were found to be using fake registration numbers.
The bill also provides for the creation of a public registry of tourist accommodations, to be maintained by the tourism minister or by a body recognized by the minister. The company had promised to remove any Montreal listing without a valid licence following the Old Montreal fire. "There's no substitute for a universal registration system that has platform compliance.... They should be proactively removing listings that don't have current numbers, and the new law that's being proposed here today is going to make it much more likely that Airbnb and other platforms do their part reliably."already have rules in place prohibiting or limiting short-term rentals, the changes could put thousands of apartments back on the market.
"Considering that obviously Airbnb is making way more money than the users, the fact is they should have some kind of responsibility," he said.
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