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The Ford government’s controversial omnibus rental bill has passed amidst loud protests in the public gallery and fierce opposition inside the house.
On Monday morning, Bill 60 passed its third reading at Queen’s Park, the final stage before it receives royal assent and becomes law.
The omnibus legislation includes changes to the compensation landlords need to pay to force tenants out of their homes if they want to move in, and shortens some eviction timelines.
It also makes sweeping unrelated changes to stop cities from reducing the number of lanes of traffic and creates municipal water service corporations. It overhauls how developers are compelled to follow planning laws.
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The changes to the rental market, however, are the ones that have attracted the most attention.
As the bill passed its third reading, protesters in the public gallery shouted down at the government below.
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“People over profit,” members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN Canada shouted. “You’re putting people on the streets,” another individual shouted down.
One by one, parliamentary security removed them.
The protest, which followed a large gathering outside Queen’s Park over the weekend, came after the government opted to fast-track the legislation past committee, shutting down a traditional input for feedback.
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“I don’t dismiss anyone,” Housing Minister Rob Flack said of the protestors. “I understand they have a perspective, I may not agree with it all. I do not dismiss them all.”
Opposition parties said the bill would not bring “balance” to the Landlord Tenant Board, as the government says, but would tip it against renters.
“We’re going to keep fighting and we’re going to keep making the point to the government,” Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles said.
“We have seen this government bring bad laws time and time again and, guess what, eventually they lose in the courts. People are starting to get evicted, we want them to know that they could do the right thing right away and they could repeal that legislation.”
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