Nov. 24 Update: Bill 60 has passed. The real work begins now.
Oct. 28 Update: The Ontario Government is rolling nothing back. Learn more.
Stop Bill 60 and Protect Ontario’s Residential Rental System: A Checklist for Action
The Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60) proposes radical, anti-tenant amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) that jeopardize the housing security of millions of Ontarians.
These changes aim to accelerate evictions by dismantling key tenant protections and stripping the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) of its ability to offer equitable relief.
Your immediate action is critical. Use the checklist below to get informed and make your voice heard.
1 Get Informed
Know Exactly What They Are Proposing
The strongest opposition starts with factual knowledge, and we’d never encourage you to sign anything without understanding it first. These proposals fundamentally shift the balance of power in favour of eviction speed.
Read the Explainer. Jump to the section below to quickly review the four critical proposed changes and their human impact.
Government Summary (Briefing): Review the official highlights of the Bill, including the objective to "reduce delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board."
Read the Bill Itself: Review the actual proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (Schedule 12).
The proposed amendments strip the humanity out of the procedures designed to to protect a core human need.
Let’s put this into the context that many THZ members have faced over the years.
You are a newcomer to Canada and are asked to sign an N11 Termination Agreement at the end of your first year, with the landlord implying it's necessary to sign a new one-year lease. Confused about Ontario's indefinite tenancy rules, you sign the N11 without legal advice.
What does this look like under Bill 60?
Currently, the LTB has broad equitable power (s. 77) to set aside agreements signed under confusion or duress if enforcing them would be unfair. The proposal removes this equitable power, forcing the LTB to rely on rigid regulatory tests instead. If you sign a termination form you didn't fully understand, the agreement will likely be enforced, resulting in eviction and loss of your security of tenure.
2 Email Your MPP and Doug Ford
Sign a Petition to Demand Opposition.
There are a few petitions in circulation right now, but we are particularly in favour of Josh Matlow’s.
This petition identifies your local Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for you and automatically sends them (and Doug Ford) a letter demanding they oppose the proposed RTA amendments in Bill 60.
Visit the link, sign the petition, and share it immediately.
The price of speed is unforgiving rigidity.
Bill 60 is a problem for landlords, too.
You are a small, non-professional landlord managing your property. You rely on the LTB process for fair resolution against a non-compliant tenant.
If the LTB issues an order in your favour that contains a simple error—perhaps miscalculating compensation or missing a necessary detail—the new strict 15-day review limit (s. 209) means you have a dramatically reduced window to correct mistakes.
If you miss the administrative deadline, the flawed order becomes permanent, locking in a costly bad outcome, such as lost rent recovery or delayed possession.
3 Mobilize Regional Support
Talk to Everyone You Know Outside Toronto
This legislation threatens the fabric of communities across Ontario.
Explain to friends and family outside of Toronto that a new, easy-eviction law means displaced big-city tenants will cause a ripple effect that directly threatens their local rental market and long-term community residents.
Get them to sign the petition (or others). When MPPs outside of Toronto hear noise about evictions and rent hikes, they are forced to listen.
Let the people you know outside of the city that:
Bill 60 will make it way easier for Toronto landlords to kick out a long-term tenant using flimsy excuses or unfair tactics. It’s all about renting it out for double the price.
Displaced people don't just vanish. They move to the next affordable place. This creates a sudden, massive rush of renters.
The huge demand can incentivize landlords in surrounding cities and towns to use one of those new, easy-eviction forms to try and get long-time residents out, so they can re-rent those units at the new, higher rate.
4 Link Housing Crisis to Poverty
Complete the Official Government Survey (~20 min)
The instability created by Bill 60 will directly exacerbate poverty by making displacement faster and more binding. Utilize the official channels to connect these issues.
Complete the Government of Ontario's public consultation survey on the Poverty Reduction Strategy before November 30. Frame your response around how the proposed RTA amendments (e.g., the 50% prepayment barrier, 15-day deadline) increase housing precarity, debt, and the factors that drive poverty.
5 Organize and Protest
We’ll update this section as we learn of upcoming protests.
Organizing a protest? Don’t hesitate to send us details to broadcast to our 140k members. Email us at happyhunting@tohs.ca.
Bill 60 Distilled.
The speed mandates in Bill 60 are achieved by eroding the LTB's safety mechanisms, making eviction easier for landlords and defense harder for tenants.
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THE PROBLEM: If a tenant is fighting an eviction for non-payment of rent (L1 application) because the landlord failed to make repairs (giving the tenant a claim for rent reduction/abatement), the tenant previously had a full right to argue that defense.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE: The tenant must now pay 50% of the rent arrears claimed upfront to argue their defense at the hearing. If they cannot raise the cash immediately, they lose the right to argue their case and face accelerated eviction. This disproportionately targets low-income and vulnerable tenants.
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The LTB sometimes makes mistakes, or a party may be unable to participate in a hearing. The tribunal currently has flexibility to review its own final orders to ensure fairness.
THE PROPOSED DEADLINE: This crucial process will be subject to a strict 15-day time limit for filing a review request. This is an insurmountable administrative hurdle for self-represented tenants seeking legal aid and heightens the risk that flawed eviction orders become permanent immediately.
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The LTB has long had the equitable power (s. 77) to set aside voluntary termination agreements (like an N11 form) if they were signed under confusion, duress, or if enforcing them would be fundamentally unfair.
THE PROPOSED RESTRICTION: This equitable power is being severely curtailed. The LTB will instead be forced to use rigid regulatory tests to determine if an agreement can be set aside, making signed termination agreements far more binding, even if the tenant didn't fully understand the consequences when signing.
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THE RISK: While the changes favour landlords in theory, the hyper-accelerated deadlines create enormous risks for small owners. The new 15-day limit to challenge a flawed LTB order (s. 209) means that one simple administrative mistake—a misfiled affidavit, a missed deadline, or a technical error in the order—can lock in a costly bad outcome, such as lost rent recovery or delayed possession, with little opportunity for correction.
October 28 Update:
Over the weekend, media picked up on a vague screenshot shared to social media by Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Rob Flack, insisting this meant a roll-back in the proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Rob Flack defended all aspects of Bill 60 during yesterday’s Legislative Assembly session debate on the bill.
Read the transcript of the session here.
We won’t go into conspiracies and theories about the screenshot being a deliberate smoke and mirrors tactic. We will encourage you to read the comments made by the minister and his colleagues (as well as all of those fighting to oppose the Bill) from yesterday’s session.
To do this, visit the official transcript link, and use your Find in Page tool to search “Rob Flack”. or “Landlord and Tenant Board”.
