Toronto legal clinic asks city's top doctor to suspend evictions during pandemic
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 2:59 pm EDT
Evictions were suspended in the province until the summer and the Landlord and Tenant Board is now working through a backlog of cases. Erik Eastman
A Toronto legal clinic has asked the city’s top doctor to suspend residential evictions during the pandemic.
The letter from Downtown Legal Services says ongoing evictions during the second wave of COVID-19 are a public health risk.
Ontario’s government has not yet taken action on an opposition motion supporting a freeze on evictions.