On December 8, 2020, the Ontario government passed Bill 229, Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020, an omnibus budget bill (Bill 229). Among other things, Bill 229 extended the moratorium on evicting tenants that were or would have been eligible to receive assistance under the Canada Emergency Rent Assistance (CECRA) for small businesses program (CECRA tenancies), as more particularly set out in our November 17, 2020 article. Pursuant to Bill 229, during specified periods, judges are prohibited from ordering a writ of possession if the basis for ordering the writ is an arrears of rent, and landlords are prohibited from exercising a right of re-entry and from seizing any goods or chattels as a distress for