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Maximum Heat By-Law

  • Blog – Disconnection Moratoriums: A Lifeline Against Extreme Temperatures

    by Elizabeth Kwofie, Communications Intern, Canadian Environmental Law Association Disconnection moratoriums are a crucial safety measure that ensures vulnerable residents are not left without heating or cooling during unbearably cold or hot months. In Canada, these protections cover the frigid winters, but places in the United States recognize their value for extreme heat, opening up

  • Municipal Advocacy around Extreme Heat and Rental Housing: A TOOLKIT FOR ACTIVISTS

    We have put together a toolkit for activists on Municipal Advocacy around Extreme Heat and Rental Housing. It includes an introduction to the issue, our Model Maximum Heat Bylaw, and a Template for Deputation On Extreme Heat In Rental Housing. Please feel free to use this in your advocacy work. Prepared by:Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN)Canadian

  • Extreme Heat and Rental Housing

    Presentation for Canada Home Energy Justice ConferenceOctober 9, 2024Presented by: Zee Bhanji, Stakeholder Engagement and Energy Policy Analyst To download the presentation, click here.

  • Joint Statement: Actions Needed to Protect Toronto Tenants from Extreme Heat

    Toronto Heat Safety, a coalition of the following organizations; ACORN, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE), Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), ARCH Disability Law Centre (ARCH), Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), Climate Justice Toronto, CREW (Community Resilience to Extreme Weather), Low-Income Energy Network, Seniors for Climate

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: New coalition of tenant advocacy and environmental groups calls on the City of Toronto to protect tenants from extreme heat

    June 3, 2024 WHAT: Toronto Heat Safety, a coalition of tenant advocacy and environmental organizations, have come together to demand that the City of Toronto protect residents from extreme heat by, among other actions, implementing a maximum temperature bylaw that will ensure that all residential rental units in the city have a temperature of no

  • Submission: Adequate Temperature By-Law

    ACORN Canada, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Low-Income Energy Network, and Toronto Environmental Alliance are writing in support of motion MM7.8 and urging the Toronto City Council to urgently pass an adequate temperature by-law in the City of Toronto to be implemented before next summer. Extreme

  • Media Release: Maximum Heat By-Law Necessary to Protect Vulnerable Communities

    Media Release May 12, 2023 Hamilton – Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and the Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN) will ask the City of Hamilton to take action to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of extreme heat events by creating a maximum heat by-law. CELA and LIEN, alongside Hamilton ACORN and Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, will