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Canada|‘Find a Job,’ Ontario Premier Tells Protester While Passing a New Housing Law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/world/canada/doug-ford-ontario-housing-bill-60.html
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During a raucous hearing, the Ontario legislature passed a bill backed by Premier Doug Ford meant to expedite housing development and the eviction of tenants who are behind on their rent.
Nov. 24, 2025, 9:09 p.m. ET
Lawmakers in Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, passed a controversial housing bill on Monday against the background of chants from protesters who said the new rules would weaken the rights of renters.
The law, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, is meant to streamline the approval process for new housing, allowing developers to build more quickly. It also cuts back the amount of time that a landlord has to wait before issuing a notice of eviction, down to seven days from 14.
Activists opposing the changes shouted and chanted “People over profits,” and many were eventually escorted out of the legislature building in Toronto by security guards.
Doug Ford, the province’s Conservative premier, appearing exasperated after one protester taunted a guard attempting to remove the man, told him, “Go find a job, buddy.”
The comment is likely to strike a nerve in Toronto. Housing is a heated topic in the city, as it is just about everywhere in Canada, as soaring home costs in the country’s major cities have led to an exodus of families and young people and have driven up prices in rural areas, where former city dwellers are now looking.
While some cities have enacted their own bylaws to protect renters, housing activists fear Ontario’s law will have the opposite effect and will accelerate evictions of people who have fallen even a little behind on their rent.
