Rental housing has always (well at least since rent controls were enacted in the 1970s) a political issue in Ontario generally and Toronto particularly.
Then: Cira 2010:
Landlord licensing in Toronto – An election issue? https://t.co/klwsTxLUsW via @LandlordRelief
— Landlord Relief (@LandlordRelief) April 11, 2016
Now: 2016
Toronto considers apartment licensing to crack down on bad landlords https://t.co/tyn9Dee2u5 via @torontostar
— Landlord Relief (@LandlordRelief) April 11, 2016
But, condominiums and co-ops are to be excluded.