The Editor,
If you are a renter, Bill 60 from Doug Ford’s government should worry you – and the rest of us, too.
Here’s what it looks like for renters on the ground: Instead of the stability that comes when a fixed-term lease rolls into month-to-month, Bill 60 would make it easier for landlords to force new fixed terms or push tenants out at the end of a lease, then reset the rent for the next person. That doesn’t build housing; it builds churn. The bill also speeds up the eviction process and makes it harder for tenants to get a fair hearing at the Landlord and Tenant Board when they’re dealing with real issues like repairs, mould, or sudden income shocks. It feels less like “fighting delays” and more like fast-tracking people into homelessness.
The government claims Bill 60 will spur new rental supply. We’ve heard this before, when parts of rent control were lifted for post-2018 units. It didn’t deliver the promised relief, but it did deliver higher rents.
This is yet another assault on regular Ontarians in the name of “building faster.”We’ve heard that line while health care is being quietly privatized, schools stay underfunded, and environmental protections get gutted. Bill 60 is straight out of the same playbook: hollow out public services, eliminate protections for people and planet, give the private sector whatever it wants, and call it progress. In an affordable housing crisis, that’s the last thing Ontario needs.
Bill 60 hasn’t passed yet. Cornwall needs stable neighbours, workers, and families who can afford to stay. I’m asking MPP Nolan Quinn to protect renter security and real rent control, fix the LTB without fast-tracking evictions, and support the sustainable creation of homes people can actually afford without pushing current tenants to the brink.
Mélanie Ayotte, Cornwall
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