The Ontario Provincial Government is considering changes to the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act which will allow landlords to more easily evict tenants for smoking or owning pets. Other proposals include changes in how eviction appeals are handled and a review of rental increase guidelines.
Under the present law landlords in Ontario cannot evict tenants for owning a pet unless the animal is causing damage or a severe allergic reaction.
A spokesperson for the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations in Toronto said, "People are furious, the phones in our office haven't topped."
The likelihood that the laws may be changed has, obviously, put tenants on edge and fearful of eviction; just another example of insecurity in an insecure system – in other words life goes on as abnormal under capitalism. John Ayer
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