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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ontario is open for business. Nor for the people. Business.

Ontario is open to extract resource and labour value, to pillage and plunder, to sell off piecemeal - environment and people be damned. For business.

Not me. Not you.

Business.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you're a small business. Then you can go fuck yourself, because we're shutting you down any chance we get (like the pandemic).

Big businesses can stay open, though!

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you need to rent out a room to avoid bills then you can’t kick out a tenant for not paying rent or destroying the place

If you’re a company renting hundreds of properties you can do whatever you like

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Isn't the opposite the case in Ontario?

If a landlord shares a certain portion of the home with the tenant, they can kick out the tenant without notice.

A private landlord can also choose to move themself or a family member into a rented property, kicking out the tenant.

A corporation can still evict a tenant, but aside from not being able to move themselves or a family member in, they generally have the same tools that a private landlord has.

Please do correct me if I'm mistaken in any of this though.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If a landlord shares a certain portion of the home with the tenant, they can kick out the tenant without notice.

Requires notice, can be appealed, can’t be in winter

A private landlord can also choose to move themself or a family member into a rented property, kicking out the tenant.

Same as above, and it needs to go through the board.

A corporation can still evict a tenant, but aside from not being able to move themselves or a family member in, they generally have the same tools that a private landlord has

They haven’t been following the rules so in practice there are no rules

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

The corporation needs to go through the board. But I think kicking out a "roommate" doesn't need to go through the board.

Now, if you've rented out your home's basement apartment, then yeah, you're bound by the RTA and the whims of the LTB, but so are the corporations.

Sorry to link to Reddit, but there's some discussion here: https://old.reddit.com/r/OntarioLandlord/comments/16gxdez/how_to_evict_boarderroomer/

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

If a landlord shares a certain portion of the home with the tenant, they can kick out the tenant without notice.

This is also my understanding. A "roommate" who shares part of your house with you is just a house guest.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well, high unemployment helps keep wages down. You don't want wages to go up, do you?