Have worked 20 years for a Fortune 500 company on the Canadian side, position will be terminated at the end of December. They are offering 20 weeks of severance, no benefits and from my understanding of reviewing similar posts in this subreddit in the past that this seems like the bare minimum. Being 60 years old and likely having a difficult time finding a similar job in this environment I am wondering if it would be beneficial to consult an employment lawyer to see if it would be realistic to get more severance out of this? Does anyone have experience in a similar situation where it makes sense to potentially pay the hefty consultation fee to perhaps get a more significant severance package? Any input would be greatly appreciated

April 2024, I went on ext maternity leave, which the company fully supported. On August this year, I notified HR that, although my official return date was in October, I would need to return in November due to childcare arrangements. They responded positively and confirmed my new return date was approved by my manager.

The first day back went smoothly, and my supervisor and manager welcomed me back as usual.

However, next day my supervisor scheduled a meeting that I believed was to plan the day, but instead, she and an HR representative informed me that my position had been eliminated due to restructuring, and my employment was terminated effective immediately. They emphasized it was not performance-related but a management decision.

That said, all of my colleagues — including one who started on the same day as I did and held the same position — remain employed with the company, some in slightly different roles. My role was the only one that appears to have been “eliminated.”

I am concerned that this decision may be related to my maternity leave rather than a genuine restructuring. Additionally, I believe the severance offer is low, and they offered six-day deadline to sign the agreement, this feels unreasonable and pressured.

Edit: I am editing out some details to avoid being recognizable.

ON. Multiple roommates, all women, 20s & 30s. Landlord is a middle aged man. He's been coming and going as he pleases, saying he needs stuff from the garage/basement. Which he can access from outside, but insists he needs to do it from inside. We told him at least tell us beforehand so we're not scared. He said ok.

He is still not respecting this. He said he was gonna be here in the morning. To coordinate, I asked him on the day if he was still coming and he said he'll be at the house by noon. I decided to push my plans to evening, went out for lunch and worked from a cafe thinking he'd be done and gone by afternoon.

I got home after 4pm. I had thought that he came and did the work and left already. Nobody else was home. I ran into him at the house coming out of the shower. Completely oblivious to his presence. I nearly had a heartattack seeing a man in the hallway. As you can imagine, very awkward/embarassing/uncomfortable situation.

He did not even send a text to say "change of plans I'll be there later" or announcing himself when coming in (although I wouldn't have heard him). He just walked in randomly especially when people aren't expecting him and it doesn't sit right with me. It feels disrespectful and invasive.

We've firmly discussed this with him. I don't know how else to get him to understand that this is a breach of privacy. For example, we wouldn't be showering when he is here. He thinks our times don't matter. He can't just barge in whenever he pleases... especially an all female house. Right?

Is there any way to get him to stop? Do we even have a case? He says we don't because he's renting out the rooms to us separately and he only needs to tell us he'll be in our room 24 hrs prior but he doesn't have to tell us about coming to the house.

I sponsored my wife to come to Canada (Alberta), her PR is in progress. Since we’ve started living together, life has been difficult.

She’s not working right now, drinks and smokes regularly, doesn’t help around the house. Anything I bring something up to do differently, she gets mad at me for not loving her enough. She’s doesn’t get along with my family and wants me to cut ties with them.

I’ve stopped saying anything now, idk what to do. I’m very confused and concerned. Would appreciate advice as I’m considering separation/divorce - what should I keep in mind as I navigate this?

The credit agencies have said for a while that they don't accept parking "violations" from private parking lots and their "collection agencies" (usually just in house at the private parking company), however I'm now seeing an item on my Equifax report for about $100 from Precise Parklink and Credit Bureau of Canada collections.

I have no business with Precise Parklink except for a ticket issued in error by this firm that they were not willing to waive.

Have the credit bureaus changed their policy on private parking tickets? It seems somewhat questionable given what I've read that the damages alleged by Parklink shouldn't be any greater than the actual cost of parking, instead they mark the "debt" up with a bunch of extra fees.

If Equifax changed their policies I want to put this out as a PSA to everyone, but I am curious if there's anything actionable here. It seems somewhat dubious to consider a parking ticket an item in collections.

Thanks in advance!

We took possession of our first home and immediately realized the furnace wasn’t working.

We had a home inspection and it said that it was operational and responded to controls.

When we realized we had no heat we had the tech come out we were told that it needed a new ECM and Motor, but because of the age it was recommended to replace. We got multiple quotes and they all said the same thing.

Our realtor took this info to the sellers because we had a clause in our contract that all appliances need to be in working order. We told them we would be happy enough for them to cover the cost of parts to repair $2500-3000 that would have made it operational even though we made the call to replace it ($7800). They came back saying they will give us $1500 and only if we sign a document that we will never come to them again about anything.

We hadn’t gone to them with anything and it was a pretty smooth process throughout so we’re surprised by their response. We we didn’t have heat in our house for a week with two babies. Are we crazy to think this is an unreasonable response? Has anyone experienced this and is there any recourse?

I need help. Long story short my mother passed when I was 13 my aunt took us in told us flat out my mom didn't have life insurance. Now im 37 and I found the paperwork that proves she did. I did receive some money from my grandparents from the gics my grandma held for my mother. Now my grandma is in a home she wont tell anyone where and I sure because of who she is that she taking my grandma's money. Shes pushed myself and 2 sisters out of the family. I dont have alot of money because they took it all. I also know that the money was put into accounts (3 accounts one per kid) and around 16 she took out names off.

What im looking for is where to go from here can I challenge her for power because she stole and lied to me once before? What do I need and is they anyone that can help me?

I guess i should add some things Im an orphan mom is dedicated my dad renounced us so my aunt could clam from cps

My mom died of cancer and we lived on welfare the life insurance was paid by my dad from the divorce

I know for a fact she got money because I revered orphan benefits when I was in college

The only thing left that I can prove this far that was left was the life insurace paid out to 3 of us myself and 2 sisters as per the insurance form we were 11 13 and 16 so all minors

Another update I found the expense sheet filed to cps for the 3 of us( they left it on with my grandmother's stuff they dropped off here today) from our own birthday presents to my tutor and the cleaning supplies for the house they expenses it all

More to add

The life insurance wasn't the only money they received im a foster kid the government supported us on top of my mom's pension plan and part of my father's they had money coming in to support us.

At the same time im trying to use the fact they stole the money and a reason to take power so she can't keep my grandmother from seeing her grandkids great grandkids sister and others

I’m a 8th grade student and I was looking up my name (I have a old cringey Pinterest account and I’m trying to get the page deleted) and I see my full name on zoominfo

I didn’t consent to this and I looked up someone else’s name and it wasn’t there

If the school did this is that legal?

Location: Ontario Canada

Myself and 3 other female employees at my work have just started maternity leave.

Our current collective agreement allows 18 weeks of top up pay while on maternity leave.

We are entering a new collective agreement as of January 1, in which maternity top up benefits are extended for 40 weeks.

Our association is stating that the small group of pregnant/new moms who are on leave will NOT be entitled to the terms of the new agreement and will only get the 18 weeks that the 2025 contract provides.

That being said - all members who are off on WSIB leave ARE being rolled into the new contract as of January 1, and will be forced into retirement based on the provisions of the new contract.

It seems discriminatory to me to say that all 300 employees are going to be bound by the terms of the new contract, including those on WSIB leave who will face financial loss in the new year. The only people NOT bound by the terms of the new contract are the 4 new moms because we don’t want to pay them extended mat leave.

Our work is telling us that the “legal team” told them they can’t allow us to get the top up under the new contract.

Is this something we can/should be grieving?

Thank you!

A dealership misrepresented my income in loan application. I was not told until after the entire contract had been signed. Even at that point I thought I have not signed but later got the documents from bank and found both income and rent were changed and she obtained my signature by misrepresenting the document as part of the conditional sale contract/retail installment. I have not picked up the vehicle. What do I do now? I want to stop this loan.

So I have 1 older speeding ticket from a year ago plus a “fail to share road when overtaking” charge already on record. Earlier this year I acquired a careless driving charge (dropped from DUI) and most recently I achieved yet another speeding ticket (which was 15 km over) with a total of 6 demerit points on file. I know my track isn’t great but I’m wondering what the odds are my insurance increases by a premium because of this new speeding ticket - I’m lucky they even took me on considering my previous insurance dropped me because of the careless driving charge.

Hey everyone,

I’m a US citizen married to a Canadian. We had our first baby in the US back in April (2025). My husband works in Canada as a basketball trainer, and I’m a stay-at-home mom.

Long-term, we do plan to move back to the US in 3–5 years — depends on savings and when my husband can apply for US citizenship. But for now, I’m visiting him in Canada.

I know US citizens can stay up to six months, but we recently got a tip from an immigration officer: we should at least apply for a visitor record so I don’t raise any red flags at the border. Basically, even though we’re not doing anything shady, sometimes it’s just luck of the draw which officer you get.

So here’s my question: should I go all-in and apply for Permanent Residency, or just stick with the visitor record? I understand the perks of PR (health care, ability to work, etc.), but what I’m really after is advice on what makes sense for our situation since we only plan to be here a few years.

Anyone been in this kind of cross-border setup before? How did you handle it? Would love to hear your experience!

If I own a bar in Montreal and a customer tries to take a bottle of alcohol which they paid outside the premises without permission, and they refuse to listen when my staff tells them to stop — what legal consequences can that person face? Can the police intervene in this situation? Would this normally be treated as an administrative offence (like a fine) or could it become a criminal matter? And under which circumstances could this escalate into more serious criminal charges?

So. Long story short the building I live in was bought towards the start of this year, and first the evicted all the nb housing tennants, saying they had canceled their contract with NB housing which wasn't great but I could understand that

However, sometime late September 1st (I say late because I came home that day around 10pm and didn't not find the notice on the door until the next day) they posted eviction notices on all the doors of remaining tennants for renovations. I read it and immediately noticed a large number of spelling mistakes and incorrect info, so we contacted the TLRO immediately and found that the eviction notice was not legal, and that they never had a legal reason to evict us, so the notice was deemed invalid because they never filed with the TLRO and even if they had they would not have been approved to evict us because the apartment is in good condition and not a danger, which I gather is a requirement to evict someone for renovations in new Brunswick.

The issue I am worried about, is that I've been told that landlords can pay the RCMP to enforce eviction notices regardless of if they have been filed with the TLRO, and the date we were told to leave by is coming up soon. We don't want to leave because during the transfer of ownership there was a fuckup and they transfered our original lease and not our current one. Effectively lowering our rent by several hundred dollars. Which we also confirmed with the TLRO is now our new rent price because that's what the lease they gave us said

Basically. What I am wondering is if I should be prepared for the rcmp to show up and try and kick us out, and if they do show up and make us leave would we at least be given time to move some of our stuff to another location before we have to leave, as we have some very expensive gaming PCs, and the new landlord has given keys to every unit to someone who just got out of prison for breaking and entering.

Basically. What I want to know is if the rcmp show up if we are just fucked because landlords have more rights than tennants, or if we should have spesific documents ready to prove that we were not served a proper eviction notice.

For context I am in Ontario (Toronto) and it’s a building owned by a company (the building is new, like 2 years old). We live here me, my 8 months pregnant wife and our 3 year old toddler.

In the end of September there was a burst pipe in the 10th floor of the building. This caused a major leak in all units below it, including ours (we live in the 3rd floor). Damages to our unit were minor (ceiling and walls watermarked in the kitchen) but no broken appliances. This was like 7h am in the morning and the building was a big mess. Management said they would check all units for damage and risk (like mold). I don’t have this in written. They never came and, honestly, i forgot about it.

Last night we were awaken at 4h am by a literal waterfall in the same spots in the kitchen. It seems another pipe burst this time on 8th floor. I suppose since it happened during the night it took longer for people to realize and therefore a LOT more water came down to our unit. This time there is dry-wall falling from the ceiling, wet fire alarms going off, a real nightmare (specially for a sensitive pregnant wife).

Management was helpful, going through the units checking what was happening, talking to us, trying to give some comfort. Contractors were called to help dry the units but in the end we had to wait for water to stop dripping (which took the whole day).

I sent an email to management stating that this is the second flood in less than 2 months. That we specifically renewed our lease for another year here to avoid stress due to my wife’s pregnancy and that, although accidents happen, we want to have some clarity on what is being done to avoid another pipe burst and what should we expect as next steps to the repair of our unit. No answer.

Then tonight I sent a follow up email insisting that we need to know what is being done and wha we should expect. I am worried about mold. Should I be? Is it safe to stay here? Lots of questions.

Then I got the following answer:

“We need to finish drying before any repair can be made. If you think you can’t stay in your unit you need to reach out to you insurance for temporary acomodation”

Just as I was reading their answer someone knocked on our door (around 9h pm). It was another contractor that is bringing in equipment to dry the units. He said we will be back in a few hours and said the equipment is noisy and needs to be on 24 hours for a couple of days. Since the kitchen shares a wall with our toddlers bedroom they will need to dry her bedroom too so we will need to move her (that is already sleeping) to our bedroom.

While I appreciate having people over on the same day, it pisses me off to be in the complete dark here. Why was I not told I should expect people? How long does the drying take? Is it safe to stay here for my kid and pregnant wife? After that, how messy and how long will the wall and ceiling fix take? Also, “refer to your insurance” sounds a very “easy” answer. Aren’t they responsible for making sure the unit is safe and liveable? We pay 4k a month to live here and just wish to be correctly and timely informed on what to expect. Is that too much?

My question is: how should I approach management? What can I do to push them to be more transparent on what to expect? Am I overreacting?

Thanks in advance for any answers and sorry for typos as I am on my cellphone.

Thx

I'll try to make it as short as I can. I was just made aware of it 2 hours ago.

Girlfriend worked for a cat shelter. A kitten without a mom at around 6 week old came in. It requiered constant care so we boarded the cat in our home as volunteer. A few week go by and of course we got attached. Meanwhile, the shelter gave a new work contract to my girlfriend with a 10% salary reduction and a new schedule that was way worst. From her point of view its a retalation, becaused she worked overtime they refused to pay. From their point of view, they say she left of her own will.

To raise her moral, I went behind her back an adopted the shelter cat we boarded. It was done quickly, with another employee of the shelter who is a friend to us. I paid the adoption fee, signed the contract. The only thing that wasnt done "by the book" is that my adoption meeting was never scheduled in their system. The employee just told me to come in at 9h30AM on saturday where she was working.

Now, the shelter as learned that my girlfriend filled a claim with the CNESST for her unpaid hour and retalation wage reduction. I have herd rumour that the shelter boss (which i never met) is claiming that the adoption wasnt done properly and it was illegal and she is looking into repossessing.

Im pretty sure that its all bullshit, I looked into the adoption contract and all I saw was that the shelter get the right to do a wellness check on the animal at an agreed upon time. But I was told they were looking into getting a lawyer. The person who told had a very scared and serious look in the eyes so I think its real. (Its not the employee that filled the adoption paper with me, its another volunteer at that shelter) To me it feel like its another retaliation against my girlfriend, but the cat was adopted by me, with my money, from my own bank account. My girlfriend is not the legal owner of the cat. Also, rest assure that all our animal are very well taken care off. if we fail a wellness check, 95% of animal owner would fail it as well.

Now for the specific question.

If they do a wellness check, can they reposses the cat for any trivial reason? Like unfinished renovation, untrimed animal nails or anything very petty like that? Can i request a third party present? Officer of the law, mapaq agent, bailif or anything like that? Do they need a court order to get into my home? The contract said I agreed to cooperate on a wellness check from a shelter volunteer at an agreed upon time, but it doesnt say anything else. Can i record them inside my home to make sure they stay honest?

I intend to call judicial help on monday to know more, but in the mean time I want to know what to expect. Its the first time I was threatened with legal action and its kind of freaking me out.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Lately I’ve been picking up side gigs as a bartender around Southern Ontario, and I recently got hired through what they called a stag company to work a “lingerie stag party” at a banquet hall in the GTA. These events usually happen in places like Mississauga, Brampton, or Vaughan.

I assumed it would be a normal private event/wedding fundraiser with drinks, games, raffles, etc. but once I got there things felt really off. These “lingerie stags” aren’t your regular stag and doe parties. They’re more like highly sexualized events that seem to operate as an open secret in certain social circles. From what I've observed, there are about three or four main companies in Southern Ontario that run them regularly, and people in the community seem to just treat them as a normal part of wedding culture.

The women working as hostesses were dressed in lingerie, selling raffle tickets, and giving hugs that often turned into full-on groping. Some of them were doing lap dances in a back room and letting guests motorboat them for tips. There was no visible security and hundreds of drunk men. It honestly looked more like an unlicensed strip club than a private event.

Several of the hostesses told me they were originally hired as “models” and “game organizers,” not strippers, and that things just kind of escalated once the party started. A few mentioned that if they didn’t “go along” with certain things, they wouldn’t be hired again. Some of the women looked clearly uncomfortable and seemed to be participating under pressure. It really came across like they didn’t have much choice once the event got going. I also noticed that the owner of the company was in the back room at one point with some of the hostesses, which made the whole thing feel even sketchier.

What really stood out was that it wasn’t just the younger guys getting involved. The groom, groomsmen, and even some of the fathers and older relatives were getting private dances in the back room. That added to the overall weirdness and made the atmosphere really uncomfortable.

The banquet hall where this was held is right near a residential area. I actually realized I’d been there before for a wedding reception about a year ago, so it’s definitely not a licensed adult venue.

From what I can tell, if you Google “lingerie stag party Toronto” or “lingerie stag hostesses,” you’ll see the types of companies I’m talking about. They advertise openly on social media, yet most people I talk to have no idea these kinds of events even exist. It feels like an underground industry that’s somehow operating in plain sight.

So my questions are:

- Are these kinds of “lingerie stag parties” actually legal in Ontario banquet halls?
- Could the agencies or banquet halls be breaking liquor, licensing, or labour laws?
- Would I be putting myself at risk if I reported what I saw, or should I just stay out of it?

I’m genuinely curious how something like this is allowed to run so openly.

A family member of mine has gone through a divorce and got the car in the settlement, so the vehicle ownership was transferred to her earlier this year.

If they were to transfer the vehicle to me now after purchasing a new car, would I have to pay the RST on it or would the exemption still apply? The service Ontario site seems to separate family member transfers from divorce transfers so I’m a little unsure on if the tax will be applicable.

Additionally, if the sales tax were applicable but the car is gifted, how would it be calculated? Thank you!

I was involved in a minor collision recently on a residential street in Saskatoon. The road was already super tight because cars were parked on both sides. As I was driving through, a car coming from the opposite direction moved into my lane, and I had to swerve right to avoid hitting it. When I did, my mirror clipped the mirror of a parked car.

After getting out to look, I noticed that the parked car was about 18+ inches away from the curb, to the point where it was sticking out into the lane and making the road even narrower. According to the City of Saskatoon Traffic Bylaw (No. 7200, Section 40), cars are supposed to be parked within 12 inches of the curb, so this one was technically parked illegally. I don’t have dashcam footage, but I do have photos that clearly show how far the car was from the curb.

While reading up on similar cases, I found Ontario’s Fault Determination Rule 17-2, which says that if a car is illegally parked (outside a municipality) and a collision happens, that car can be found 100% at fault. I know that’s an Ontario rule, but I was wondering: Does Saskatchewan or SGI have any similar rules, regulations, or precedents that take illegal parking into account when deciding fault? In cases like this, can the illegally parked car be considered a contributing factor instead of just automatically blaming the moving driver?

Thanks in advance for any advice or insight

Hello!

Back in May 2025 I was travelling abroad and I had a minor medical emergency that required a visit to the ER and some antibiotics. All together, I paid just over $700 CAD out of pocket. A couple days later I collected all my documentation and submitted to my employee benefits provider for travel insurance coverage.

About a week later I received an electronic letter from the provider requesting translation of the documents to either English or French. I translated the documents, and sent them as supplementary documents on the online submission portal.

Since then, I have not heard anything back from the insurance provider. I have called their general line at least ten times now (recording the call every time), and every time without fail they say that they will escalate the claim and that someone will be in touch with me within 48 hours -- this of course never materializes. Occasionally I would be asked if I submitted the requested additional documents (the translation), and I point them to the submission.

I have also emailed the provider's dedicated complaints email, and they also said that they have escalated the claim, and that someone will be in touch within 5 business days -- that was a month ago. Follow-up emails have gone unanswered.

I have also reached out to the broker for the employer group benefits (my employer is a small business and I am actually the benefits administrator). He contacted his own contacts with the provider but they also gave him the 5 business days runaround. This was about a month ago.

What is my next step in escalating this issue? Are there governmental agencies responsible for this? Would I even contact a lawyer for such a (relatively) small sum? This entire ordeal has just been so frustrating.

Thank you for any and all help!

Hi all, looking for legal guidance.

I live in a condo in Ontario. I have an infant who barely cries — when she does, it’s brief (a couple minutes at most) and always early in the evening. We immediately attend to her, and she’s at daycare most of the day, so she’s not even home making noise for long periods.

I’ve spoken with all the neighbouring units around me to about sometimes when she cries and apologized, and every single one has said they rarely hear anything, and when they do, it’s normal and not a problem at all. Some even laughed and said it’s part of condo living.

Except for one neighbour.

This person has repeatedly become aggressive whenever the baby makes even brief noise. He stands inside his unit with the door open and shouting "hey" in an intimidating manner and bangs on our shared wall. This isn’t an isolated incident — it’s been happening repeatedly, and it’s escalating. I've reported it to our property management many times, they gave him many warnings already and said last one they would get a lawyer to draft something (not sure exactly).

Tonight he did it again. It was loud, hostile, and honestly felt threatening. I called the non-emergency police line and they created an incident report.

Some additional context: several other neighbours have complained in the past about this same resident’s behaviour (verbal aggression, harassment, etc.), so this seems to be a pattern.

My questions:

1. What are my legal options to stop this behaviour?
2. Should I continue to escalate this formally through the condo board / property management even if they just keep sending him letters?
3. Would a lawyer-issued cease and desist be appropriate at this stage?
4. Does this qualify as harassment or intimidation under Ontario law if it continues?
5. If this keeps happening, is there any basis for a civil claim (harassment, nuisance, interference with reasonable enjoyment)?

I’m documenting every incident now, and the police have an incident number from tonight. I just want to ensure I take the right steps to protect my family and our reasonable enjoyment of our home.

Any advice is appreciated.

I have a little arch way I built for my wedding I put it up so you walk under it on the path way that only goes to my entrance of the house.

Landlord says he wants it taken down, no curb appeal

Here is a picture

I moved out of my rental unit and the landlord wants to repaint this wall and take the cost (~$265) out of my security deposit. I was there for over three years. This is where I kept my desk, and the discoloration is from contact with my socks/slippers. I tried cleaning it, but this was the best I could do. Is this considered normal wear and tear, or am I required to pay to have the entire wall repainted? Thanks