Purpose of the RTA: Difference between revisions
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<ref name="Slapsys"><i>Slapsys (1406393 Ontario Inc.) v. Abrams,</i> 2010 ONCA 676 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/2d05l>, retrieved on 2025-02-26</ref> | <ref name="Slapsys"><i>Slapsys (1406393 Ontario Inc.) v. Abrams,</i> 2010 ONCA 676 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/2d05l>, retrieved on 2025-02-26</ref> | ||
==<i>Elkins v. Van Wissen,</i> 2023 ONCA 789 (CanLII)<ref name="Elkins"/>== | |||
[42] <b><u>The RTA and its predecessor are remedial legislation with a tenant protection focus</b></u>: <i>Honsberger v. Grant Lake Forest Resources Ltd.,</i> 2019 ONCA 44, 431 D.L.R. (4th), at para. 19;<ref name="Honsberger"/> <i>Price v. Turnbull’s Grove Inc.,</i> 2007 ONCA 408, 85 O.R. (3d) 641, at para. 26.<ref name="Proce"/> The purposes of the RTA are set out in s. 1. The first purpose listed is “to provide protection for residential tenants from…unlawful evictions”. To ignore events after a landlord gives a tenant a s. 49 termination notice limits the Board from fulfilling its responsibility to determine bad faith under s. 57(1)(b) and undermines the RTA’s stated purpose of providing tenants with protection from unlawful evictions. | |||
<ref name="Elkins"><i>Elkins v. Van Wissen,</i> 2023 ONCA 789 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/k1dgk>, retrieved on 2025-02-26</ref> | |||
<ref name="Honseberger"><i>Honsberger v. Grant Lake Forest Resources Ltd.,</i> 2019 ONCA 44 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/hx688>, retrieved on 2025-02-26</ref> | |||
<ref name="Price"><i>Price v. Turnbull's Grove Inc.,</i> 2007 ONCA 408 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1rpw5>, retrieved on 2025-02-26</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:23, 26 February 2025
Slapsys (1406393 Ontario Inc.) v. Abrams, 2010 ONCA 676 (CanLII)[1]
[12] Section 48 is clearly an exception to the regime that protects against no fault eviction. While the legislation has a tenant protection focus, s. 48 is designed to strike a balance between the protection of tenants and the rights of landlords. Section 1 of the Act sets out a number of purposes of the Act, including “to provide protection for residential tenants from unlawful rent increases and unlawful evictions, to establish a framework for the regulation of residential rents, to balance the rights and responsibilities of residential landlords and tenants”.
Elkins v. Van Wissen, 2023 ONCA 789 (CanLII)[2]
[42] The RTA and its predecessor are remedial legislation with a tenant protection focus: Honsberger v. Grant Lake Forest Resources Ltd., 2019 ONCA 44, 431 D.L.R. (4th), at para. 19;[3] Price v. Turnbull’s Grove Inc., 2007 ONCA 408, 85 O.R. (3d) 641, at para. 26.[4] The purposes of the RTA are set out in s. 1. The first purpose listed is “to provide protection for residential tenants from…unlawful evictions”. To ignore events after a landlord gives a tenant a s. 49 termination notice limits the Board from fulfilling its responsibility to determine bad faith under s. 57(1)(b) and undermines the RTA’s stated purpose of providing tenants with protection from unlawful evictions.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Slapsys (1406393 Ontario Inc.) v. Abrams, 2010 ONCA 676 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/2d05l>, retrieved on 2025-02-26
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elkins v. Van Wissen, 2023 ONCA 789 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/k1dgk>, retrieved on 2025-02-26
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedProce - ↑ Honsberger v. Grant Lake Forest Resources Ltd., 2019 ONCA 44 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/hx688>, retrieved on 2025-02-26
- ↑ Price v. Turnbull's Grove Inc., 2007 ONCA 408 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1rpw5>, retrieved on 2025-02-26
