“It's not entire neighbourhoods that are making noise complaints, but almost always individual property developers. Remarkably, rather than looking to penalize the minority seeking to shut down viable, often decades-old businesses for their own selfish gain, the city has chosen to blame the victim.”
"In Montreal, a war is being waged by a hyper minority trying to shut down music venues — people with nothing better to do than complain about noise to the police. The city has proposed noise fines of up to $20K — enough to bankrupt a venue in one shot.”
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