Purpose of the RTA

Slapsys (1406393 Ontario Inc.) v. Abrams, 2010 ONCA 676 (CanLII)

[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”.