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Residential Tenancies Act

What renters and landlords need to know!     In January, 2007, the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) replaced the Tenant Protection Act (TPA).  Also, on this date, the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal became the Landlord and Tenant Board.   Two years have passed,

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You and the Law

“YOU and the Law” Legal Clinic   This five week program will be offered on Thursday afternoons for five consecutive weeks beginning October 4, 2012.   Each session consists of two hour presentations from 1:30 pm. until 3:30 pm.  Topics range from issues related to housing, small claims court, wills and estates,

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Legal Help and the Elderly

Bringing legal help to the Elderly… Elliot Lake boasts of its ever-increasing senior population. This fact has been confirmed by Statistics Canada, which has concluded that the city of Elliot Lake is the “oldest” city, population wise, in North America. Delivering and receiving critical information from and to our Elderly population is an especially challenging exercise for anyone attempting to lend services or respond to the needs of the elderly.

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Business and Consumers Part II

Part II   PROMOTE, PROTECT, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE… Last month I told the story of the 86 year old gentleman who fell victim to a company who was selling door-to-door and who in effect misled and induced this man into entering a five year contract for his utilities.

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Business and Consumers Part I

How do we protect consumers while encouraging business…? A couple of weeks ago I arrived at work on a Monday morning to find one of our seniors waiting outside our office. He looked tired and worried and I escorted him immediately into our offices. This 86 year old man had received an invoice from an Energy company demanding some $475.00 to release him from his contract with their company. 

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Before You Pack Up and Go…

Before you pack up and get out….   What tenants need to know…. I recently learned of a tenant who was living in a tent at one of the local parks.  This particular tenant had signed a “one-year lease agreement” and lived in the rental unit for the full year. When the year was up,

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Top Ten Things Every Tenant Should Know

1.                  You CANNOT be evicted for filing a Residential Tenancies Act application against your landlord. The Tribunal was set up to give Landlords and Tenants a venue to solve their disputes. 2.                  Your landlord is legally obligated to provide you with rent receipts if you ask for them. If your landlord refuses to do so,

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Municipal Tax Reductions and Tenancies

Landlord’s may be required to rebate tenants if municipal tax reductions in excess of 2.49%…. Under the Residential Tenancy Act – section 131(1) it states that any significant tax decreases in a residential complex must be passed on to the tenants in the form of a rent reduction.   The procedures for obtaining a rent reduction vary with the size of the residential complex in which the rental unit exists. 

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Tenants – Rebate of Tax Reductions

Landlord’s may be required to rebate tenants if municipal tax reductions in excess of 2.49%…. Under the Residential Tenancy Act – section 131(1) it states that any significant decreases in a residential complex must be passed on to the tenants in the form of a rent reduction. The procedures for obtaining a rent reduction vary with the size of the residential complex in which the rental unit exists. 

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I Want to Cancel my Appointment as Executor

Someone wrote us recently and asked how to cancel their appointment as an Executor for a will. To say that there is an easy fix to this situation would be oversimplifying the matter. There are several issues that need be addressed when one decides that they want to “cancel” their appointment as Executor.

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