National Activists call for new tenancy act METRO VANCOUVER Posted on March 22, 2009 Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Community activists called for a new Residential Tenancy Act to protect tenants from rising rents and bad landlords at a rally in New Westminster Saturday. The province needs to bring in province-wide standards of maintenance laws, B.C. Acorn said.