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The text notification chimes, the light is red, and the phone is right there in the cupholder. One glance. That is all it takes for an Ontario driver to commit one of the most heavily penalized traffic offences in the province, and most drivers have no idea how steep the price actually is until the… Read More

Not every unpleasant landlord is breaking the law. A landlord can be blunt, slow to respond, strict about rules, and generally frustrating to deal with while remaining entirely within their rights. But Ontario law draws a hard line, and when a landlord’s conduct crosses it, the tenant is no longer dealing with a difficult personality…. Read More

The one-year lease is almost up, and the landlord has announced they will not be renewing it. For many tenants, that sentence sounds like a moving deadline. Here is what Ontario law actually says: there is no such thing as a landlord refusing to renew a lease, because there is nothing to refuse. When a… Read More

A new job in another city. A relationship change. A rent that no longer fits the budget. Life does not wait for lease end dates, and every year thousands of Ontario tenants find themselves needing to leave a rental before the term is up. The good news is that Ontario law provides several legitimate paths… Read More

The judgment is in your hands, the deadline to pay has come and gone, and the debtor has decided that ignoring you is a strategy. For debtors with jobs, that strategy has a serious weakness: their paycheque. Wage garnishment is one of the most reliable enforcement tools available in Ontario Small Claims Court, because it… Read More