Brampton

At first glance, the single bedroom for rent in Brampton, Ontario looks like a bargain.

But there are other listings like it - one room for rent, also in Brampton, shows a bed squashed near a staircase in what appears to be a laundry area.

Stories like that of the bathroom for rent in Brampton have fuelled this, he suggests: "People might say, like, this is all anecdotal evidence. But the evidence keeps popping up. You see it over and over again."

“We are known as the nice guys, right? That’s the Canadian trope,” said Gurpartap Singh Toor, a council member in the immigrant-heavy city of Brampton, outside Toronto.

Proponents of involuntary treatments, like Patrick Brown, the mayor of Brampton, Ont., claim “the old approach isn’t working.”