It's seems a translation from https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2001757/terrain-vegetation-reglement-municipal-negociation
There was a debate on the radio in Montreal (https://www.985fm.ca/audio/571991/est-ce-que-vous-refusez-de-couper-votre-gazon-malgre-toute-la-pression-sociale), and it seems that more and more people are receptive to a more ecological alternative to the typical lawn.
Oligopoly. We are witnessing how useless the offices for competition have been for decades. And they punish borrowers with higher interest rates.