A weekly roundup of lobbying registrations in Ontario
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
Small Ownership Landlords Ontario have registered to lobby, seeking changes to the Residential Tenancies Act. As well as evicting tenants without hearings, they'd like the legislation to distinguish between "small housing providers" with "few units" from corporate landlords. They're also seeking to make entering into a rental agreement using false pretenses to be an offence under the law.
The group is planning to hold a protest at Queen's Park on Monday. It also caused a stir last week when a board member's tweet appeared to blame the murder of two tenants in Hamilton by their landlord on delays at the tribunal. PressProgress, which reported the story, noted the group has had meetings with ministers including Attorney General Doug Downey, Housing Minister Steve Clark and Doug Ford, but hadn't previously registered to lobby.
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