Toronto Tenants Associations (home page)

Federation of Metro Tenants Associations

The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the site owner.
(This means if you have a problem with it you deal with me at tar@qaz.ca. It is none of the I.S.P.s business)


Federation of Metro Tenants Associations

"we don't need these freaks sent after us for daring to assert our rights and it is time Toronto tenants demanded with one voice an end to them"



This site is not associated with, approved by or supported by the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations, the corporations they have made financial deals with, the City of Toronto politicians who provide 98% of their operating funds, any of their aliases, cronies, hacks, surrogates, poverty pimps, pals, committees, fake community groups, pay-to-play beneficiaries, political parties or clubs,. This site is also not affiliated or supported in any way with any candidate for political office. It is intended to provide useful information, political commentary and criticism.



THE CONTENTS

There will be more added to this about Toronto tenants associations as we get a chance to type up or scan all the documents we have.

  • newest materials

  • the public record

  • the FMTA's Toronto Tenant Hotline and its many happy clients

  • The Analysis

  • The FMTA Attacks against legitimate Tenant Activists
  • clip and save; their own words

  • what to do about FMTA

  • Other Interesting Links

  • The Gallery; portraits of people associated with FMTA who deserve exposure for it.


  • newest materials

    FMTA funds radical groups

    the OCAP FMTA nexus is becoming clearer

    a win against FMTA

    just about anything to get themselves in the paper

    more of the same crap; Letter in the papers

    FMTA board of directors

    A study in FMTA styles of "outreach"





    The Public Record

    History of the FMTA

    Tenant representatives sell out tenants rights to the Ontario Liberal government, Now 1986

    Toronto Tenant Hotline defunded for incompetent advice and fiscal mismanagement, Globe and Mail 1987

    Dan McIntyre wants a head tax on tenants for his own gain, Ottawa Citizen 1996

    FMTA's support for the Harris government's Legal Aid Services Act, November 1998

    No new lease on life for Dan McIntyre's Ottawa tenants' rights group, Centretown News, March 1998

    City Funded FMTA says no to cutting tenants property taxes, Toronto Star, 1998

    A very good question regarding FMTA, From 1998

    Who really speaks for Toronto tenants, Toronto Sun, December 1998

    Does this tenants' group deserve $100,000?, Toronto Sun, May 1999

    More City of Toronto waste against taxpayers 1999

    How the FMTA abused public housing tenants and City of Toronto Funding, 1999

    Time for the City to move on FMTA, Toronto Free Press, 1999

    Tenant Advocacy Ripoff, Toronto Free Press, 1999

    The Tenant Defence Fund and city councillor Michael Walker, Eye 2000

    Kenn Hale FMTA article ridiculing then Mayor Lastman and City politicians, The Tenant 2000

    Tragedy of Tenant Organizing in Toronto, by Tim Rourke, 2000

    FMTA misrepresentation with the High Park Tenants Association, 2001

    Letter: More Tenant Defence Fund lies, West Lodge Tenants Association, 2001

    Letter complaining about proposed $150,000 to FMTA for a petition and more abuses, 2001

    City wants to sign up their tenants to FMTA memberships for their "protection", 2001

    Now Letters criticizing the FMTA for not wanting property tax decrease, December 2001

    FMTA website giving advice on how to get a neighbour evicted, Now Weekly, September 2002 article

    Handout Time!, Toronto Free Press, 2002

    FMTA paid to give tax advice for not opposing city's unfair apartment taxes, Toronto Free Press, 2002

    City funded activist gets high full time pay for part time job.pdf2006

    FMTA and other housing related scams, Toronto Sun, January 2007

    Lack of tendered contracts at the City of Toronto and other questions, Canada Free Press, April 2009

    Apparent discrimination and harassment of tenants at the Crossways apartments (received Aug 2009)

    FMTA fibs to the city about it's webstats ( Sept., 09)

    the most brazen corruption; November 2009

    FMTA board of directors





    the FMTA's Toronto Tenant Hotline and its many happy clients

  • complaint A
  • complaint B
  • complaint C

    Toronto Legal Aid Clinics giving bad advice and getting tenants evicted

    more of the same crap; Letter in the papers





  • The Analysis

    An Introduction to dealing with "activists". Read this first.

    Definitions of a Poverty Pimp

    The case against the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations

    A personal experience of tenant activism

    how much does it cost to buy a politician?





    The FMTA Attacks against legitimate Tenant Activists

    Public Slander by the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations' Marcia Barry

    Racist attacks against Bob Levitt where the FMTA seems to always be around

    Tenants' friends and enemies

    Sarah Lu and Google too; the FMTA thugs are even a hazard to net freedom

    City funded FMTA tries to destroy tenants associations who refuse to buy memberships

    Another case of a tenant who won't support the FMTA being harassed

    FMTA still raiding legitimate tenant associations as of Sept., 09

    A study in FMTA styles of "outreach"




    clip and save; their own words

    Samples of the FMTA's abusive message board

    clip and save; an amusing and revealing thread from FMTA message board July 2009.

    clip and save: a very ugly and interesting thread from the landlord's board. July 2009

    Who Toronto landlords like to work with and who Toronto's bad landlords fear

    Join our group and buy a membership or else...

    I wonder who they are criminally libelling now

    St. Paul's byelection postings

    really vicious libel and collusion with landlords

    "It sucks to be a landlord in Ontario"; a real gem

    further on the landlord board thread, about everyone else's "mental problems"

    Pissed off consumer's website and FMTA's idea of spin doctoring

    just about anything to get themselves in the paper

    the OCAP FMTA nexus is becoming clearer

    FMTA funds radical groups





    a win against FMTA

    individual or class action law suits against the city

    'out' the dirty politicians who fund and protect them





    Other Interesting Links

    Ontario Tenants Rights

    West Lodge Parkdale Tenants Association

    the "ourhomes" web site