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After a controversial decision forcing a Montreal renter to pay tens of thousands of dollars he failed to withhold from his landlord, the federal government now says it will not go after individual tenants for taxes owed by non-resident property owners.

A Montreal tenant was audited and ordered to pay the tax he had failed to withhold on the monthly rent to his non-resident landlord

A Montreal tenant was audited and ordered to pay the tax he had failed to withhold on the monthly rent to his non-resident landlord

A Montreal tenant was audited and ordered to pay the tax he had failed to withhold on the monthly rent to his non-resident landlord.

It was a Tax Court of Canada case last year that went mostly under the radar by all except for the legal community who were taken aback by its implications for renters.

As some landlords warn away from plugging in cooling units, here are tenants' rights and options.

CBC has verified that notices have been issued to tenants in multiple buildings under at least two different management companies, just weeks after the province of B.C. announced a program to provide air conditioners to eligible British Columbians.

Landlord is Songhees First Nation, which wants the land for an affordable-housing project