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CO2 Alarms Soon to Be Mandatory in Ontario

CO2 Alarms Soon to Be Mandatory in Ontario

CO2 Alarms Soon to Be Mandatory in Ontario

In the state of Ontario, Canada, it will soon be mandatory for all homes to be fitted with a Carbon Monoxide alarm. On Wednesday, the provisional legislature voted in support of a private member’s bill to require homeowners to install CO2 alarms. The alarms are to be fitted to warn homeowners of the presence of carbon monoxide and will be compulsory the same as a smoke alarm. Madeleine Meilleur, Community Safety Minister said that she will expect the bill to be proclaimed into law as soon as possible.

John Gignac was praised by PC MPP Ernie Hardeman, the author of the bill who pushed for mandatory CO2 Alarms after his niece and her family died back in 2008 when their home filled with the deadly fumes from a blocked gas fireplace. The legislation will be enforced by the fire department officials, and will obtain the same penalties as those related to smoke alarms – a $235 ticket.

There are approximately 12 people a year in Ontario that die from carbon monoxide poisoning. Meilleur said, “It’s a silent killer – you can’t see it, smell it, taste it – meaning that you will not even know it is there until it’s too late. Hardeman added that Ontarians shouldn’t wait to put in a CO2 detector until its made mandatory by law.

New rules also legislated on Wednesday will be put in place to protect consumers against aggressive and abusive sales tactics from door to door sales, debt settlement service and real estate transactions. Tracy Mac Charles, Consumer Services Minister has said her bill will provide more protection for home buyers in real estate bidding as well as give them more power to negotiate fees and commissions.

It will also help temper the aggressive approaches of water heater salespeople by mandating a 20-day cooling-off period, banning delivery and installation during that period, and requiring companies to confirm sales with recorded telephone calls, she said.