CBC quotes an anonymous City official stating they are ‘closely monitoring’ Bill 230, and saying this as a reason they have not completed an overdue report.
The CBC story is following up on a May 2023 Council motion directing staff to prepare an ‘adequate temperature’ bylaw that could make landlords responsible for providing cooling in units. Read the CBC story here.
Here’s the quote on Bill 230:
In a statement to CBC Hamilton, the city said staff are also “closely monitoring” the progress of provincial legislation Bill 230, which would amend the province’s tenant laws to require landlords to provide cooling rooms, and task municipalities with enforcing those changes. The bill had its first reading in November 2024.
“The result of the legislative review and potential change will likely impact what next steps we can take,” the city said.
Bill 230 is dead. It died on the order paper when the provincial election was called in January.
Even if the Legislative Assembly was still considering it, it was an opposition private members’ bill. It was never going to pass.
I seems the City wasn’t ‘closely monitoring’ at all.
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They are continuing to monitor a dead bill to see if it ever gets revived. It’s not like there are more pressing issues to deal with inside our city, right? right?
…hello? Is this thing on?