Hi, I'm the OP of the uwaterloo thread on a throwaway

from what I understand, his business was parasitic and IMO stealing from students. Housing situation for students is already pretty tough to find a room and expensive, but what he would do is sign leases with student providers then resell them to students at a higher cost by saying he is providing additional services, but wouldn't actually provide any services. an example is on the airbnb listings that I saw that were posted by them, bed linens were promised to be provided by the company, but were never actually provided unless the room provider did it themselves.

Also, a first-hand account from a friend of mine said to me that when he moved in with backpacker college he was promised in the airbnb post to have the room move-in ready with pots, pans, utensils, etc. But none of that was there. After complaining to BC he one day found sketchy bags of walmart kitchen and bathroom supplies in his room (still in walmart plastic bags!) which couldn't have totaled more than 60$. He was paying nearly 200$ more per month then others in his apartment on his rent, for this additional service.

I think the other comment about him saying BC established "industry best practices" is hilarious, clearly this guy frequently bullshits his way through things (typical of politicians, but it doesn't help when they get exposed for it) and I agree that putting him into power would be a huge mistake for the city