Under the rain, in the Montreal neighbourhood of Parc-Extension, Camille Cloutier and three of her roommates spent July 1 — known in Quebec as moving day — like many others in the province, carrying their belongings into their new apartment. Although the space is bigger than the last one, Cloutier says there’s already a lot of work to do.
“There’s a problem with the lights in the apartment. The paint is not good. It’s really dirty. The price is really high for what we have now, so we’re gonna do all the jobs by ourselves,” she said.
Cloutier says the high cost of
