Belinda Karahalios

Belinda Carmen Karahalios (born 1981 or 1982)[1] is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Cambridge in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2022.

She was ejected from the party caucus in July 2020 for voting against Bill 195, which would allow the provincial government to extend emergency powers for up to two years without consulting the legislature.

[13] Karahalios was ejected from the Progressive Conservative caucus by party leader and premier Doug Ford after voting against Bill 195, the Reopening Ontario Act, which would expand the government's emergency authority during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[15] Karahalios was originally a supporter of Bill 184, which amended the Residential Tenancies Act to remove rent control from any rental units first occupied after November 15, 2018.

After other members of the Committee and the community who were present at the meeting described the impact of rent decontrol leading to profit-motivated evictions by the large corporations which provide the majority of rental housing in Ontario,[17] Karahalios reiterated her concern about "small [landlords] who ... wound up with some tenants they’re not having a great experience with.