With all the layoffs and economic turmoil that the health crisis has brought, rental evictions have been a hot topic over recent weeks, especially as Ontario moved to enact Bill 184,a piece of legislation that willallow eviction orders to proceed.

Many are particularly worried now that the Landlord Tenant Board (LTB) will begin working through its backlog of pending eviction orders after four and a half months, starting Saturday.

Ontario is ending the COVID-19 related ban on residential evictions. Effective Saturday, the Landlord and Tenant Board can begin to issue eviction orders that are pending.#onpoli

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts)July 30, 2020

Premier Doug Fordput a moratorium on residential evictionsprovincewide back in March because many people found themselves suddenly out of work amid pandemic lockdown, and in June hedid the same for small businessesstruggling to make rent.

But, with much of the province now in Stage 3 of reopening,that ban has since expired, though advocateshave been calling for an extension, especially withthe many examples of completely dickish behaviour by Toronto landlordslately despite the health crisis.

In a recent survey by the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations, more than one fifth of renters in the city had said they were still threatened with eviction despite the extenuating circumstances.

People have also been continuing to protest Bill 184, storming Toronto Mayor John Tory'shomeandpress conferencesto demand that a stay on evictions remain for now.

Doug Ford promised tenants across Ontario that they'd be kept safe. HE LIED. Evictions are set to start again on Aug 1, while many people are still out of work or only just went back.

How they hell are they supposed be caught up on rent already?!#onpoli#bill184#COVID19

— Dr. Jill Andrew (@JILLSLASTWORD)July 16, 2020

Meanwhile, experts are notingan ever-growing wealth gap between property owners and renters in Canada,特别是在这样的城市多伦多,housing market is notoriously hot(evenamid a global pandemic) and rentals have beenhistorically overpriced and only going up.