Moving Day (French: jour du dÃÆ' Â © mÃÆ' Â © nagement ) is a tradition, but not a legal requirement, in the province of Quebec, Canada, originated from the time when the province was used to mandate fixed terms for rental of rental properties. It falls on July 1, which is also Canada Day.
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Tradition begins as a measure of humanity from the French colonial government in New France, which prohibits seigneurs, semi-feudal landlords from seigneuries, from expelling their tenant farmers before the winter snow has melted.. Historian Yvon Desloges notes that it is common to move in the spring in the 18th century, citing the 1750 rule by Intendant François Bigot. In addition, Jean-Philippe Warren, a sociologist at Concordia University in Montreal, noted in a 2013 interview for The New York Times that French law in the 18th century established May 1 as the start date for all agreements law. , including rent.
Later, this evolved into a requirement that urban rentals begin on May 1 and end on 30 April. In law, this date is set forth in the Canadian Civil Code Below 1866. May 1 thereby becomes "Moving Day", the day on which the tenants wishing to vacate their current place physically changed their domicile.
In 1973, the Quebec government decided that it would be better to move Moving Day into the summer. This step will allow children, especially those in elementary school to complete their full year in the same place. Also, by moving the date to a holiday, the workers do not have to sacrifice the work day. This argument is strong for tenants of rights groups representing the average of the poorer classes. In addition, they moved the dates from May 1 to July 1 due to bad weather in May. The law revoked sections of the Civil Code that established provisions for leases in 1974, but mandated a two-month lease extension for the following year as a provisional measure. However, tradition has taken control, and most of the rent is still a year and starts around July 1st. In 2004, approximately 120,000 households moved on or about 1 July, corresponding to 4% of the population. In 2013, the Montreal government estimates that around 115,000 city dwellers move out annually, or about 7% of the city's 1.6 million inhabitants.
In the interview mentioned earlier, Warren added the sociological reason why 1 July remained valid as a Moving Day. He noted that Francophone Quebec moved much more often than other Canadians, but generally lived in their old neighborhood, with some moving just across the street. According to Warren, higher frequency moves in the Francophone community make standard moving dates easier for people who change their residence. As he said, "They keep moving, but they do not go anywhere."
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Moving Day is a boon and a headache for commercial companies, and people have to order their services first, more than six months before the day of moving in some cases. During this period, moving companies work all the time, with moving costs often triple the normal rate. The short drive supplies in Montreal inspire entrepreneurs to offer green mobile services featuring heavy duty bike trailers.
In Montreal, where by 2013 only 38% of the population owns their homes, Moving Day is very busy and has been described as "a kind of mobile madness". The exterior ladder leading to a second, third, or even fourth apartment is common in many environments, in part because it historically reduces the size of the building and thereby lowers the owner's property tax. These stairs are often narrow, curved, and made of metal - not ideal for non-professionals who carry the main equipment. According to New York Times author Ian Austen, "unlike other Canadian apartments, here [in Montreal] rarely come with kitchen utensils, adding to the driving load." Cities also schedule additional waste collection and recycling for this period to deal with unwanted furniture and empty boxes left behind alongside roads. According to Hydro-QuÃÆ' Â © bec, more than 700,000 Quebec households moved in 2009, including 225,000 on the island of Montreal.
July 1 Moving Day also somewhat reduces the importance of Canada Day as a public holiday in Quebec, as many people who may attend holiday parties are busy with the move. The suggestion that the move was a deliberate decision by Quebec's sovereignty to prevent participation in a patriotic Canadian holiday ignores the fact that the change of date from 1 May to 1 July is the result of a bill introduced by federalist MNA, JÃÆ' Â © rÃÆ''me Choquette of the Liberal Party Quebec.
Although moving the day is seen as a headache for most people, Montreal-based columnist José © Legault looks at some positive aspects of the annual festival, pointing out that July 1 happened at the end of the school year, not two months before like the case before the 1970s. Bargain hunters - especially immobile people - also enjoy the many garage sales that take place before the day's move and the general practice of leaving little furniture and equipment used on the side of the road or in the alley, which essentially gives them to anyone in need.
The annual ritual has also been translated in literature, music, and cinema in Quebec. The classic Gabrielle Roy Bonheur d'occasion describes the traditional madness of Moving Day in the working-class borough of Saint-Henri in Montreal.
The director of the Quebec film Philippe Gagnon used the annual event as the setting for Premier juillet, le film , a light comedy of 2004 featuring three households trapped in the Moving Day turmoil.
See also
- Move (address)
- Moving Day (City of New York)
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