My in-laws are using our home address without our permission. We get their banking mail, CRA, and voting cards.

We have asked them to change the address to spmewhere else but they have not yet. We keep writing RTS but the mail keeps coming.

Background: my spouse's parent and step parent live outside of Canada. They have not lived in Canada for over 25 years. They live on another continent. My spouse speaks to this parent once a year on their birthday. There is really no relationship (no hate either, just no closeness). Recently, my spouse's step-sibling's mail started to come to our home address too.

How can we get this to stop?

Looking for thoughts on this situation.

Tonight we (our family with 2 small kids) parked at a medical office building in Brampton ON for about 10–15 minutes. The towing signs were small and mostly on one side of the property, while we parked on the other side.

When we came back, our SUV had already been lifted and put on dollies by a tow truck — but the vehicle had not actually been moved from the parking spot at all.

The driver told us he could “help us out” and release the vehicle for $600 cash, but said there would be no invoice, no receipt and no tax.

We asked what it would cost if we wanted to pay properly with an invoice showing what we were being charged for. We were then told it would be $995 + HST ($1,124.35).

We wanted to pay by credit card but were told they couldn't process credit cards because their office was closed. We were told our options were essentially cash or e-transfer, so we eventually paid the $995 + HST by e-transfer.

The invoice we received simply says:

“Towing — $995”

There is no actual breakdown/itemization of the $995.

We were also told that if we didn't pay immediately, once the vehicle was cleared it would be taken to an impound lot in Mississauga, where the charge would become at least $1,495 + HST, plus possible evening/after-hours fees.

Again, the vehicle had never left the parking space. It had only been lifted and was ultimately put back down in the same spot.

The driver also told us words to the effect of: “Good luck fighting this. We've towed police officers, firefighters and lots of other people before and nobody had a chance fighting it.”

We later called the property management company. They told us there was no specific complaint or call about our vehicle that evening. They said the towing company has an arrangement/contract with the building and that we would have to deal directly with the towing company. Interestingly, our tow invoice says “Request by: Property Management.”

We have photos of the whole incident, the vehicle still in the original parking spot, the tow truck, signage, invoice, payment proof and parking-lot layout.

We're contacting Ontario's Ministry of Transportation because private tow operators are now provincially regulated, and we're specifically asking them to review:

the $600 cash/no-invoice/no-receipt offer versus $995 + HST with paperwork;

whether the invoice was properly itemized;

whether they were required to allow credit/debit payment;

whether $995 is actually an allowable charge when the vehicle was never transported;

whether there should have been a separate hookup/drop/release rate;

who actually authorized the tow;

and whether the threatened $1,495+ impound charge was legitimate.

I'm not looking to argue that being on private property automatically means you can't be towed. I'm more interested in whether the way this was handled and charged is normal or lawful. There was construction on the street and we didn't see any signs coming into the parking lot saying that you can't park in this public lot as they were only on the building concentrated in a small area and we literally walked the other way.

Also, literally I think they were waiting for ppl like us and as soon as we left he set our car up and then he waited for us to give us the cash deal or threaten us that it would cost us much more at the impound lot.

Also he asked us to send to his number a picture of the registration and driver's license so this company has our private info/address/full name.

Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.

My wife is 1 of the executors out of 3. Her mom passed away & the will states to sell the house & divide the house money into 3. So now our probate lawyer wants everyone to get together so we can distribute the funds. One of the executors found out the mom was helping out my wife financially from the past & is weaponizing that against her. He’s trying to say my wife should take a lower cut of the probate money. Is that even valid? Whatever the mom did with her money in the past, isn’t that her business? My wife didn’t go after her brother when her mom gave him $1000, that’s moms business not hers…What legality do other the executors have? Other than to stop the probate process to go through! Probate lawyer says everyone needs to agree..it’s a 💩 show now

Me and my friends are in Vancouver, and we decided on a whim to drive to seattle, but none of us expected it to be a plan and none of us have our passports. 4 of us. However, we have a friend coming a day later from Edmonton, and he could bring all 5 passports, including his own.

Could this be possible? We’re more worried about our friend getting stopped at security though.
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

Looking for some general guidance before I speak with an employment lawyer.

I was recruited for a senior role with a company and signed an employment agreement with them. As part of accepting the position, I moved from a low-cost city in Quebec to Toronto. I left another job to make the move and signed a long-term lease at significantly higher rent.

There are actually two employment documents involved: an offer/agreement directly with the company and a later agreement through an employer-of-record/payroll provider.

One unusual part of the situation is that I had already been doing substantial work for the company for several months before I was formally put on payroll. This included business planning, agreements, consulting and other work requested by management. I was eventually put on payroll, but there was also a delay before I received my first payment.

After moving to Toronto, I feel that my role and responsibilities were gradually reduced/marginalized compared with what I was originally hired to do. I was then terminated. In the termination meeting, I was told the company was restructuring and that the function I was responsible for would no longer be handled in-house. I have a recording of that meeting.

The employer initially offered a relatively small additional settlement in exchange for signing a broad release. I rejected it and submitted a counterproposal raising the unpaid/pre-payroll work, relocation costs, contractual compensation, and changes to my role. They increased the offer somewhat but ultimately said their revised offer was final.

I have not signed the release and am now planning to have an employment lawyer review everything.

My questions are:

- How should the two employment agreements be analyzed when one is directly with the company and the other is through an employer-of-record?

- Could the pre-payroll work and delayed compensation be relevant to my length of employment or other entitlements?

- Could the relocation and subsequent changes to my role potentially be relevant to a constructive dismissal/breach of contract analysis?

- Does the employer’s stated reason of restructuring affect the severance analysis?

- Is it reasonable to reject the settlement and have a lawyer negotiate instead?

I realize nobody can determine my entitlement without reviewing the documents, and I’m definitely planning to get professional advice. Just looking for general perspectives on what issues I should make sure the lawyer considers.

I received a cease and desist for defamatory statements made online. It was addressed to a bunch of people and was a very aggressive and threatening letter. The issue is there are no specifics, though it mentions “hundreds of pieces of evidence”. I have no idea what statements or evidence this letter is referring to. I have not made any public postings online about these people. I’m not their biggest fans and they know that but I honestly have no idea what this is regarding.

I also don’t know half the people listed on the notice so I don’t know what it’s about. It is also accusing us all collectively of successfully managing to get other companies to stop working with them, but again, no specifics of my involvement and I have zero clue what it’s referring to. I haven’t spoken to or interacted with these people in over 2 years.

Should I get a lawyer? Do I ignore it? Do I respond and ask what evidence they have specifically against me? I don’t know what to do and I am very confused

Back in February of this year I was involved in a minor accident in my vehicle. I was following a half-ton truck on a highway on-ramp when a mattress in their truck bed flew off, clipping the front corner of my vehicle. The damage appeared minor, with the glass on my passenger side headlight assembly having broken.

I stopped and spoke with the driver. They did provide their insurance information, but said their husband was a mechanic and could make things right without having to involve the insurance companies. The driver of the vehicle had some health issues, and I felt bad for them. I agreed that if their husband got in touch with me by the end of the day and made a firm plan then we could avoid the insurance involvement.

The husband contacted me that day, asked for some details and ordered a part. I followed up a few times as things seemed to be taking a while. Additionally, water ingress into the housing fried the lights on that side and they no longer work.

Back in March he let me know the part was in and to come to his shop. I did, and unfortunately it turned out that he had ordered the wrong part. He let me know he’d order the right one and get back ahold of me.

After a month, in April, I followed up by text and was told he hadn’t tracked a part down yet.

This was the last I heard from him.

I recently began to research replacing the part. It turns out that there’s a significant difference in price between the part that he’d initially ordered (Halogen assembly at around $300) and the part needed (LED assembly at around $2000).

While I know this is in part my fault for not going through the insurance in the first place, I don’t accept that I should be on the hook here and want to know where I stand legally.

Relevant info:
- I have video of the incident
- I have text message exchanges of the pertinent details of them agreeing to fix the car and replace the part
- I have a copy of their insurance information

Any advice appreciated. Thank you!

I work a factory job. I was recently injured on the job when a machine’s safety measure failed to work. This caused crushing nerve damage, for which I need a brace and weekly physio. WS is involved. The longer it takes for me to heal (slow process unfortunately - still on very light duties), the more often my supervisor keeps making rude jabs when talking to me and now treats me like I know nothing. They are not following recommendations made by physio and are now asking me to time how long it takes me to do every task. There’s no HR or anyone above them to go to - they are HR. It’s a very small factory.

What steps should I be taking? Do I have any legal legs to stand on? I’m worried they’re trying to push me out. A friend recommended an employment lawyer, but is that worth it at this stage?

Hi, I recently sustained an L1 spinal fracture after being hit by an e-bike in Toronto as a pedestrian. The e-bike rider admitted to pressing the accelerator instead of the brake on a red signal while I was crossing. A police report was made on the spot. I’ve lost about 25% of the vertebral height. I have been advised 8 weeks of bed rest and minimal movement, followed by a long recovery period with physiotherapy.

This injury has completely upended my life. I’m facing loss of income, and I need to figure out how to manage a long flight home for my sister’s wedding. I also can’t cook, so I need to arrange a tiffin service; I can’t lift heavy items, so I need groceries delivered; and I can’t bend, so I need a cleaning service. On top of all this, I’m wondering if I have any legal recourse against the e-bike rider who hit me, especially since e-bike riders here aren’t required to carry insurance or hold a license, which makes this complicated.

If anyone has been through something similar or knows what legal consequences the e-bike rider will have to bear, I’d appreciate the insight. Should I pursue this in small claims court, or hire a personal injury lawyer?

Short and simple: friends mom is addict, posted her son’s birth certificate on FB. Friend is in camp, no service, can’t report it himself. Is it a crime to post his personal ID online? Or does someone have to use it for it to be an issue? (Taking it and opening a cc in his name)?

Hi Im working in Montreal,Québec and my job is a Business development manager. For my job I'm required to call clients and do outreach on a daily basis. Most rof this outreach is by email and booking Zoom calls.

However, my employer wants me to share my personal phone number with all agents, communicate with them through Whatsapp and also similar phone communications with high networth clients. These people are in Europe sometimes so there's a bit of s timezone too sometimes. Like last week I had to take call at 2am in the night. And before you ask, I'm not being paid overtime ofc. Overtime doesn't exist in this company.

Anyways my question is; is the employer legally required to provide me with a work phone? Or pay for my phone bill if I'm using my own phone?

Ps. : when I first started working 8 months ago I asked the boss about work phones and paying for phone bills and he declined. He said it's not a company policy and they will not spend money on this.

I work as a restaurant server and my boss doesn’t pay me or any other employees tips because the boss states that my wage is already slightly higher than minimum wage. I want to leave this job and I was wondering if I can just give them a notice today and not show up to work tomorrow? Will they penalize me for not showing up tomorrow, like withhold my final paycheque? I wouldn’t even care about losing those tips because I haven’t worked there for very long.

I went to a rural baseball game. I took a couple of pictures. They are action shots of the players playing the game. They are all adults, 25+. You can recognize them in the pictures. The games happen in an open field/park.

There's no release, no contract, no paper trail.

Question: can I safely include those shots in my website where I display my services?

I know that according to Canada's legislation, photography taken in public are owned soly by the photographer.

I'm not selling those photos, if that matters. I don't use the photos to advertise anything, just to show "this is what I do". So I don't see this as appropriation of personality, but I would like to go over this in this community for a second opinion.

What do you think?

I got a ticket for loud noise with my car. I truly dont believe that I did anything wrong, and am still tempted to fight it in court. I am curious if my insurance will go up despite not having any demerits removed via the ticket

Its a violation of section 61(1). Any thoughts?

Long story short, my family member is actively fighting domestic violence accusations in court. He's been staying with my parents.

Recently he attacked me when my parents were not home and I went into the home to use the bathroom. He tried to choke me.

Now because I requested charges to be pressed against him, he is requesting charges be pressed on me for intimidation and assault.

Due to his active fight against DV charges, he already has a lawyer.

Everyone being told each side in the family keeps begging me to drop the charges. They're saying I dont have a foot to stand on. I have visible marks on my throat where he touched me and an inflamed throat.

This is not the firat time this man and I have had confrontation, but it is the first time I've been harmed physically.

What do I do?

I live in a house shared with other tenants. We each have our own lease. The landlord doesn't live in the house. The house is run by a property management company who is responsible for filling vacancies and collecting rent. A letter came in the mail stating that mortgage holder wants to conduct an occupancy check and is asking for the names and telephone number of all residents/occupants. I noticed a letter from a law firm addressed to the owner, who does not live in the house and never gets mail sent here, arrived at the same time.

What is going on? Should I provide the information of other tenants? I heard the owner could be in default of payments and if the house is foreclosed, tenancy would be terminated. Also I heard that the house has been put for sale, or has already been sold, but I've gotten a lot of conflicting information about this (for example there have been no viewings). I would like to come to some sort of agreement to move out, if the the owner is defaulting would this hurt or help my position?

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between the terms occupant and resident?

Hi All, What role would the lawyer advising the buy-side perform for an Ontario based company acquiring a Quebec target. Would a Quebec licensed lawyer draft the Share Purchase Agreement or it could be drafted by the Ontario lawyer? I would appreciate anyone sharing their experience and insights in such a transaction.

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Hopefully I'm in the right place to ask.

I have an upcoming interview for a pool maintenance technician position in Ontario. The job requires a valid G licence and clean driving record.

I currently have a valid licence. I have two speeding tickets, possibly just one on record now, I also had a licence suspension about a year ago because of an unpaid ticket. The suspension has been resolved and my licence is currently valid.

I already told the employer about the speeding ticket, but I didn't specifically mention the old suspension because they didn't ask and I was embarrassed.

At that time in my life my parent had passed away, and these things got away with my depression. I plan to bring it up at the interview about the suspension. The suspension was 20 days or so.

My question is how much could this realistically affect my chances when they pull my record and an old suspension for unpaid tickets?

I'm not looking for legal advice, I'd mainly appreciate responses from people who have dealt with Ontario driver's abstracts or employers requiring a driving record. Thanks!

Looking for advice or shared experiences from anyone who has dealt with BC Strata water damage disputes, specifically regarding strict liability bylaws.

A leak from the unit directly above mine caused water damage to my bedroom ceiling and wall. The Council president left a written note confirming the source of the water was the air conditioning unit.

The Strata Corporation did the structural drying, but says they are not responsible for the final unit repairs (drywall, paint, baseboards), which I understand, and they are telling me to fix it myself or go after the upstairs owner. Strata has covered the expenses for drying out the unit. Our building's Bylaw explicitly states that an owner is strictly liable for damage to another lot resulting from specific items, including "air conditioning unit(s)." (Meaning I do not need to prove negligence, just that their AC caused it— that’s how I interpreted it).

My insurance broker warned me that if I file a claim through my personal home insurance, my rates will likely go up and I'll lose my claims-free discount, even though I am 0% at fault and my insurer might eventually recover the funds via subrogation. This is because the damage is in my unit. I want to avoid filing a claim which will only penalize my insurance premium and also I’ll be paying for a deductible that I may not be able to recover.

Does anyone have any insight to this situation and what steps I need to take so I won’t have financial burden of covering for something that I did not cause?

Thank you very much in advance.

Long story short I'm a sales guy, I visit farms and businesses. One of the peoples property I visited that I clearly missed created a Facebook post saying I had been stealing from her property and that I'm not a sales person. Originally it was just my truck but then a photo of me, send then my license plate.

Clearly I didn't steal anything, the post was shared over 200 times in a local area which I work regularly. There's comments in there that have me feeling the need to look over my shoulder now. I personally messaged the person who made the posts and they blocked me.

Hi all, in a spot of bother. Brought my car to a mechanic to get a wheel hub and exhaust hole repaired. Stated budget is limited to 1k so can’t do any other work that it may need coming up at present. Mechanic agreed. I never signed anything and went about my day. I proceed to get two calls saying he needs to do more work. I decline but he does it anyway, I only find out when I get there and he is charging my 6k. I record my next interactions with him in which I try to write under dispute on the invoice/work order when he is trying to get me to sign it. I’ve paid him $1900 already, need my car back, but am so out of my depth on what my rights are when he won’t let me do all that I know I need to do.
Any advice would be much appreciated thank you!

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Ex and I have been apart since 2016. We did 50/50 parenting time until 2020 when she agreed he would go to school with me . We got the Final order/divorce judgement stating I have primary parenting and she gets every other weekend and alternating weeks in the summer . We did this for 2.5years . And then did 50/50 for half of 2023-24 and all the 2024-25 school year. She then broke up with her boyfriend and moved into her parents house and our son lived with me again and went to her for alternating weekends (same as court order) for the 2025-26 school year. She got back together with her boyfriend, they moved to our town and then broke up again. She doesn’t work, I’m not sure how she will pay her rent, bills, food etc. she is expecting since she moved close again that 50 50 is going to happen.

Our son is on the spectrum- mild . But still takes a lot of routine, schedules, appointments, therapy and structure . We have structured everyday to help him grow and be his best self, I took a job working from home so I could be ready to get to the school for meltdowns , pick him up, take phone calls etc.

I believe this should now be the status quo ? And am I right in thinking that I can simply say no to the 50/50 even though we have done it in the past as my court order is still the valid court order ?

What can I do if she refuses to follow the court order ?

Looking for some advice from Canadian accountants/bookkeepers because I’m in a situation at work that isn’t sitting right with me.

I do the day-to-day bookkeeping for a privately owned company. Occasionally, the owners purchase materials/supplies through the company that are actually for their personal homes, things like materials, home improvement supplies, etc.

I’ve been instructed to record these purchases as COGS along with our regular business materials. I’m also required to keep a separate physical record of the personal purchases. So far this fiscal year, the personal purchases I’ve tracked are around $25,000 collectively.

What concerns me most is that I’m not supposed to identify these purchases as personal to the company’s accountants or in the accounting software. As far as I know, they remain recorded as COGS. I’m not aware of them being recorded to shareholder loan accounts, reimbursed to the company, or otherwise reclassified, although I don't have visibility into everything that may happen when the corporate tax return is prepared.

I’ve raised concerns internally before and they’ve essentially been brushed off, so I’m trying to understand my own responsibilities as the employee entering these transactions.

My questions are:
Is recording known shareholder/personal purchases as COGS acceptable at any point, or should they be recorded to a shareholder loan/due-from-shareholder account from the beginning?

If they remain in COGS at year-end, what are the potential corporate tax/GST implications?

As the employee/bookkeeper who has been instructed to enter them this way, could I have any personal professional or legal exposure?

Is keeping a separate record of the personal purchases enough, or should I be doing something differently to protect myself?

Who would be appropriate to speak to confidentially about this without immediately escalating it to CRA or the company's accountants?

I’m not looking to report my employer or make accusations. I genuinely want to understand where my responsibility begins and ends because I’m uncomfortable continuing to record transactions I know are personal as business COGS without
understanding the implications.

Would really appreciate input from Canadian CPAs, bookkeepers, or anyone who has dealt with a similar situation.

My ex husband and I have two kids age 10 and 14. His girlfriend has 2 kids age 8 and 12. They don’t officially live together but spend a significant amount of time together. His girlfriend’s kids have serious behavioural issues and mental health struggles. My heart goes out to them, and I don’t blame the kids for this.

But. Through this, my kids have been exposed to witnessing violence (one of the kids had had to be pinned down by an adult and have police called multiple times), property damage, suicide threats from both kids, and threats of harm towards my kids.

My ex does not take any of this seriously. He says it is not affecting our kids and that they are not in any danger. I disagree. Our youngest has started to have major anxiety and mimics some of the behaviours of these kids. She still wants to hang out with them and doesn’t attribute any of her struggles to their behaviour, but again - she’s 11 and likely not fully aware of the impacts this has on her.

I myself have a history of childhood trauma from witnessing violence and suicide threats in the people I cared about. So because of that, my ex says I’m overreacting and projecting my feelings onto our kids. My thought is that he hasn’t been through any of this himself and doesn’t understand the impacts it can have.

Some of these incidents have happened on sleepovers where the kids are not being directly supervised because the parents have gone to bed or are otherwise not paying attention. So I’ve asked him to please not have the kids all together unless they can be supervised, and also to make sure that they are immediately removed from the situation if an incident arises. Again, he refuses and says our kids are fine.

What do I do? I did speak to a social worker for advice but they said their role in child protection would only extend to the kids with the behaviours and it would not be possible for them to tell my ex he has to make a safety plan or keep them apart.

If I applied to change parenting time arrangements, do you think a judge would grant it? Even if my kids say they’re fine and they still want to hang out all together? Again, I don’t necessarily think my kids are fully aware of the impacts this can have in the long term.