Good news from the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (OAHI) ! Home inspections are considered an essential service. " Home inspectors performing a home inspection in the context of a real estate transaction process are implicitly included in the List through the language of paragraphs 67 and 70, or paragraphs 67 and 1 or, alternatively, perhaps paragraphs 67 and 65. In other words, when home inspectors are asked to perform a home inspection as part of the real estate transaction process, then they can be said to be supporting the work of an essential business performing real estate agent services (paragraphs 67 and 70).

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•  "Paragraph 65 of the List reads, as follows: “Professional services including lawyers and para-legals, engineers, accountants, translators”;

• "Paragraph 67 of the List reads, as follows: “Land registration services, and real estate agent services and moving services”;

• "Paragraph 70 of the List reads, as follows: “Businesses that support the safe operations of residences and essential businesses”;