"These people are being shown no mercy," Kenn Hale with the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) said in a recent interview. A group of Ontario legal clinics wrote to Tribunals Ontario in October with proposed guidelines for adjudicators considering evictions cases during the pandemic — including the public health risk and pressures on people's finances. Tribunals Ontario doesn't keep track of evictions, but according to ACTO, the board heard more than 7,000 cases in November. A group of Ontario legal clinics, including ACTO, wrote to Tribunals Ontario in October with proposed guidelines for adjudicators considering evictions cases during the pandemic — including the public health risk and pressures on people's finances. As of mid-December, Tribunals Ontario had not confirmed if any in-person hearings had been approved.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2020 18:56 UTC