“How much land does a man need?” Brampton recently turned this Tolstoyan philosophical question on its head, prompting startled onlookers to wonder, rather prosaically: How little square footage does a person need to survive in Canada? What precipitated this was an inspection by Brampton bylaw officers at a house late last month that revealed – no typo – 25 international students living in the basement on rent. The average size of a detached house in Ontario is 1520 square feet. While we don’t know the size of the house in question, even if it were a sizable residence, it’s…
