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I am engaged and living in Ontario. While I am happy with my partner, I am a little nervous about moving toward marriage because I feel uneasy about being financially tied to someone for life.

I am 33 and have $160,000 invested. My mother intends to pass her home onto me as inheritance. We may end up living in in - which would make it a matrimonial home. I have a very minor pension under $10,000. He has $23,000 saved and no other assets.

I am a person who always thinks about and plans for the worst cast scenario (divorce), as I don't want to split my money or anything my mother worked her whole life to earn in the event of a divorce.

I feel guilty for feeling this way, because my partner cares very little about the money and more about the love. I hate feeling financially vulnerable and it is getting in the way of being excited about marriage!?

Any advice or tips?

My friend is a welder in Ontario and is currently on a valid work permit.
He felt like something was stuck in his eye after work, so he went to an optometrist. The optometrist was concerned there might be a metal foreign body and referred him to the emergency department.
At the ER, he told the doctor that he is a welder and specifically mentioned the possibility of a piece of metal being in his eye. We even asked the doctor 2–3 times if he was sure there was nothing in the eye, and he reassured us that there wasn’t. As far as we could tell, he didn’t examine the eye using the slit-lamp microscope (the eye examination machine). He simply flushed the eye and discharged him.
His symptoms never completely went away, and after almost one month, the irritation became much worse. He returned to the ER, where they found and removed an old, rusted metal fragment from his eye. The doctor said it appeared to have been there for quite some time.
He’s now requesting all of his medical records from both visits.
My questions are:
Does this sound like something he should discuss with a medical malpractice lawyer?
If the delay causes future complications like vision problems, scarring, or ongoing pain, should he be taking legal action now to protect his rights?
Has anyone in Ontario experienced something similar?
Also, could consulting a lawyer or filing a medical negligence claim have any impact on his future permanent residence application, since he’s currently on a work permit?
We’re just trying to understand whether this is something worth pursuing or if we’re overthinking it. Any advice or similar experiences would be appreciated.

Police disclosed my location via police report in my domestic violence case, and it was also openly discussed in court. The prosecutor didn’t use any discretion on sentencing day, and the defence knew exactly where I had relocated.

I moved for my safety. During the case, something pretty serious happened at my new location, and now I’m wondering if the disclosure could have played a role.

What are my legal options in Ontario if police disclose a victim’s location? Has anyone dealt with something similar? Is this common police disclosing this info.

Hi I live in a house with 5 of my friends, one of them being the landlords son. me and him got into some altercations over the last few months, eventually leasing to him today asking me to move out by August 7, and that I should text his mom about what's happening. I'm wondering what I can do in this situation, as he is not the landlord, his mom is and she hasn't reached out to me. I'm aware that the Itb doesn't protect me because I share a kitchen with him and a bathroom with a different roommate, but I have a contract where I signed a yearly lease that expires on April 30, 2027. What can I do?

As the title, I've been looking into an old cancelled TV show from the Vancouver area. I sent a couple of emails to a few people who were involved. Most never responded, including the one who's lawyer sent me this. I didn't send more messages to anyone who didn't respond, figured it was over. Then several months later a Cease and Desist letter showed up - got it delivered registered mail and everything. Recent date too.

Do I actually need to respond to it or do anything? Not trying to mess with anyone, I'm just a little in shock getting a Cease and Desist in the mail over an email asking about stuff from years ago.

Hi everyone,

I work for a large financial company and I've been debating whether it's worth going to HR about what's been happening in my department but worried about my job.

Over the past while, I've experienced what I believe was racial discrimination, and it affected my health enough that I had to take time away from work. I've also seen management discuss an employee's autism with people who weren't in management while explaining why that person wasn't being promoted. On top of that, I found out a coworker was being let go five days before it was officially announced because management had already told someone on the team who wasn't part of leadership. The list goes on....The overall culture has been incredibly toxic, and honestly the worst workplace I've experienced.

I do have evidence to support some of these concerns, but I'm struggling with whether it's worth reporting them to HR or if I should just move on and focus on finding a new job.

Part of what's holding me back is the fear of retaliation. I keep wondering who knows who in HR and whether speaking up would end up making things worse. If i go to HR could they fire me over this?

Many thanks!!

TLDR: New Company is threatening me with eviction if I do not given them a photocopy scan of my Drivers Licence and tenant insurance (which was not a lease requirement) and my personal contact information. They have not responded to my email either, despite the eviction threat.

I have been renting a condo unit from a landlord since July 2024. In May 2026 a new mega corporation bought out the whole building to turn it into a rental property only. With the assumption that my rent will be increasing I found a new place to live and will not be renewing as my current lease ends Aug 31, 2026.
On May 20,2026 every single tenant received a welcome package. The package was Q and A related issues for previous condo owners that are still living there and how to pay the upcoming rental payments to the new company. On the back of the package there was an information collection form that required my phone number, email, full legal name, a scanned copy of my drivers license, and proof of my tenancy insurance.
I read the package in full and decided that since i was not renewing i didn’t need to fill out the information as any and all information they would have needed from me to respect my current lease was given to them by my previous landlady.
On July 3, 2026 there was a rather hostile notice left on my door. In the notice there was claims of ‘multiple attempts to contact me’ regarding the collection of my needed information. Saying that if i do not comply they will have to take the necessary action. I unfortunately did not keep the notice or a copy of it by mistake as i went straight to the office to speak with the site worker.
I asked them to explain to me the multiple attempts to contact me as i have never received any further information other than their welcome package. I was then told i need to give them proof of my tenant insurance, which i do not have as it was not a requirement for the lease i am currently under (i am aware that tenancy insurance is a good thing to have however it wasn’t a requirement so i did not have any) I was told by the man in the office that if i do not give them a scanned copy of my ID and tenancy insurance with all my contact information they will evict me. I said. you can’t evict me, my lease ends August 31! and he just responded with Oh Yes we can!
So i sent them an email regarding our spoken conversation and they have not responded to me.
Can i just stall until my lease is up? Or should i comply? I know the eviction process can take a while, but im worried that their claim of multiple attempts to contact me since the welcome package in May that they may have started the process?
When should i send them a follow up email, if at all? I’ll attach the email i sent them in the comments as i cannot seem to on this post.
I apologize if this isn’t the correct format for this kind of thing i don’t really use reddit.

EDIT: I wasn’t able to figure out how to attach an image of my email so i’ll have it pasted below

EDIT2: typo and adding TLDR

Hi everyone. This is my mom's situation and I'm wondering if there's anything that can be done for her.

The specific branch where she has worked for 23 years (she is 61) was just bought out by a smaller private firm. 30% of the staff there are 60+.

The previous company is not offering any severance packages and neither is the new company. By next week they want all the employees to either sign the new job contract - which is about a 10% decrease in salary, they will agree to a 3 month probation, and if terminated with or without cause employees will only get the minimum payments per ESA (which is about half of what shes owed i think?)

The other option is to not sign the new contract and to sue the old company for severance.

My mom is leaning towards just signing the contract and hoping she doesn't get let go during the 3 month probation, but I'm afraid most of the 60+ people will. I have no idea if this new company has enough money to pay everyone. I'm also worried if she goes down the lawyer route that she might wait a year or 2 and get not much return on investment.

I'm wondering if its worth it to go down the path of paying for an employment lawyer. Thanks in advance

Hi there, I am finding myself in a particular situation and may be on the way out. My supervisor had an open conversation with me stating that our company is making cuts to those who are lower performers.

Some key details:
20 weeks pregnant
Anticipated leave mid to end November
Started this job May 2025

I had some gaps in my performance that coincided with the my first trimester. Unfortunately it was tough for me between the sickness and exhaustion. But thankfully have turned a corner in the last month.

Unfortunately, because of my drop in performance a target has been placed on me and the dept leader once they have made their decision there’s no way out of it. This has been documented in my recent performance review.

My manager proposed a potential package and I’m just not sure if it’s reasonable. I will be reaching out to an employment lawyer if this moves forward to paper but wanted to get any insight if you’ve been through this.

Proposed package:
work FT until Aug.
work PT 3 days a week Aug - Oct. company would pay the 2 days I am not working to maintain my full paycheque.
First two weeks of Oct I would get my 2 weeks of ESA entitlement and then I would receive another 2 weeks of severance to get me to November.

If I was not in this position I would technically be entitled to a 7 week top up once I kicked off my maternity leave. So I am not getting that here.

Appreciate you taking the time to read through this.

Edit: I did inform my supervisor I was expecting when I was 9 weeks pregnant because I could see I was struggling to keep up.

I got a ticket today for being on a device while driving. Obviously not good, and will not be doing that in the future.

615$ + 3 demerit points and 3 day suspension if I plead guilty. Plus another 250$ ish I think to reinstate my license.

In addition to that ticket, I received a 115$ish ticket for not having proper physical ownership in the vehicle. This was a work vehicle but not my everyday driver, it was a spare work van while mine was in the shop. I didn’t know the papers weren’t in there, but obviously I should have.

Obviously I am in the wrong and prepared to take responsibility for that, but I’m wondering if it is worth taking the Option B and going to the court to speak with the judge about getting a reduced punishment.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Any thoughts? What do I say? I’m a fucking idiot and I’m deeply sorry, please have mercy on me? The suspension and points is a tough pill to swallow.

I have a small business that received investment, however, it looks like the investor may want to recoup his entire investment of $500K based on the Tripartite Loan Agreement I signed. I am still in negotiations on repayment -- fingers-crossed.

My fear is they could take all my assets (Condo, car, bank accounts, etc.) -- is there a way to protect myself (especially my Condo)?

I was thinking of somthing like putting my Condo "in trust" to my nephew -- would that asset be protected?

Any other methods to protect my assets?

Thanks in Advance.

I work for one of the big 5 banks in Ontario. I was in a part time position that paid hourly for a couple of years. I was recently given the opportunity to do the same job with full time hours (salary position).

The first employment contract they gave me to sign was incorrect, it had my name in the header and another employees name in the body of the letter.
I gave it back to my manager who sent it back to hr and had a new one drawn up. I signed the correct second letter as did my manager and it was submitted and was paid retroactively from May 1 2026.

I have now been told that the salary in the contract was incorrect and I would need to pay back the difference.
When i signed the contract I honestly didn’t realize the salary was incorrect as I was paid hourly and didn’t do the math to see if the number on the contract was correct (it is a difference of about $6000.00 annually in my favour)

What are my rights? Is the contract binding and do I have to pay back the difference from May 1 2026 to date?

I had to call the RCMP last night to report a man verbally abusing his two young kids. I'd guess they're around 7 and 12 years old. Another person called 911 to report the incident, and there may have been more calls that I'm not aware of.

We heard someone loudly demeaning his two kids for not being able to find his "weed and papers" in his bag. They were several hundred feet from their father, who was yelling about how they're disappointments and they ruined a good day. There was a lot of swearing coming from the father, directed at the kids. I caught some of it on video, but I was trying to lay low because the guy is scary. He was obviously under the influence of something. He was apparently drinking a beer, according to someone else who witnessed all of this. He was also in his underwear... He was slurring too. When the RCMP showed up, they didn't talk to any of us except to find out where the guy was. They yelled back and forth for a long time. The two offers kept threatening to take him to "the tank" and kept telling him he had "two minutes", then told him he had "30 seconds" to pack up and get out of there. He yelled at them and yelled about everyone calling the rcmp on him, and yelled about how he only yelled at his kids and that's how it was done "back in the day". At points, he was screaming. The younger kid was crying as the older one left before the police showed up. The younger kid was left to take care of the inebriated man's two large dogs. One RCMP officer, at one point, drew something from his belt and stepped toward the man, but that's the most that they did besides yelling at him. They didn't follow him home. They didn't come back and follow up with any witnesses. They didn't take the children from him. He couldn't even hold onto his dog's leash to walk home because he was so messed up.

Am I wrong to be concerned for these kids? What do I do now? Anything? I have heard him yelling at his kids before, as the area they frequent is a public space. But this time was hard to listen to, and very concerning. He was cruel... and obviously I wasn't the only one concerned.

I received a speeding ticket on a Saskatchewan highway and I’m trying to understand my options.
The ticket says I was travelling 122 km/h in a 110 km/h zone. The situation is that the police vehicle was travelling in the opposite direction on the highway when the officer apparently measured my speed. I was surprised because I believed I was travelling around 110 km/h.
I’m trying to understand how this type of speed measurement works when the police vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. Does anyone have experience with this?
For people who have fought similar tickets in Saskatchewan:
How does the radar/lidar evidence work in this situation?
Is it worth requesting disclosure and reviewing the officer’s notes/calibration records?
What are the chances of getting the charge reduced or dismissed?
Not looking for judgment — just trying to understand the process and what steps I should take.

This sucks, do I fight it in court? It was only a 50 dollar ticket apparently and I would have paid it had I recieved it in the first place. CRA is asking for more than double. What the hell am I supposed to do in this situation? Just pay it? Thanks

My brother is 18 and he is physically and mentally abusive to my mother and sometimes me. The police say they cant remove him but that was when he was younger, now he's an adult and pays "rent" but he's not on our lease.

Im trying to convince my mom to kick him out because his behaviour has gotten worse, but she doesn't think shes allowed to. I want some help to maybe convince her in case shes able to.

TLDR
- He's not on the lease
- He pays $300 a month to contribute to groceries and a little bit of rent

Can she legally ask him to leave and does she need to give notice? Or if he doesn't leave when asked (it has happened too many times) will calling the police to get him removed work?

Sorry if this is long but it's been on my mind forever and I've always been too scared to post about it in case he sees it and knows it was me.

I got into a minor accident and cracked the front end of my car, denting the bumper. I went through my insurance who sent me to an 'in network' garage for an appraisal and repair. They couldn't schedule me in for the repair for a few weeks and I drove my dented car just fine until I took it in. That was almost a year ago. I get emails from the garage every couple of weeks saying the parts for the repair are on back order, or the wrong parts arrived, or the part kit didn't include some other piece they need. In the meanwhile I am wracking up rental car fees from the rental agency located inside the garage. I'm at almost $6000 of rental fees that my insurance plan doesn't cover. I have tried many times but the garage refuses to return my car, they say any dented bumper means it isn't road safe. If I show up with a flatbed and remove the car that way, I am violating my insurance terms. I feel like I am trapped with them directly siphoning infinite money out of my bank account.

What are my legal options, how can I make this stop?

Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster.

Without going into the nitty gritty of our family finances I’d like to just summarize my confusion.

My parents are getting older and are now getting their finances in order (sort of) for when they pass. It has come up that my mother’s will hasn’t been updated since I was a small child (she insists that updating the will is a huge ordeal). And she has no plans to update it because she says nothing has changed. Because I was a minor at the time of the will signing, my aunt has been named executor. The will states (apparently) that my aunt will be the executor of the estate until I become of adult age. All of my googling of executor info has told me that for me to be the executor of someone’s estate, I personally need to sign a document stating I’m taking the responsibility of my said estate.

So my question/confusion is, now that I’m of legal age to be an executor does it automatically become my responsibility when they pass or do I still need to sign something stating I’m taking responsibility.

Please keep in mind that I have not physically seen this will nor I am sure that the information my mother has gave me is correct. I may be useless in answering questions about additional details.

TIA for your help

Im not even sure what to do at this point. We rent a property that has a pool. As per our rental agreement my landlord is responsible for all the pool equipment and we are responsible for pool opening/closing and chemical maintenance.

I hired a company this year to do our pool opening on May 15th(that also did our pool closing last year). When they were opening the pool they dumped all the tarp surface water and leaves into the pool. They they removed all the plugs and tried to start the pump but the pump was not priming so they told me that the pump was old and needed to be replaced. My landlord sent a plumber himself to verify the pump was the issue and then with his own correspondence with this pool company approved and paid for a pump replacement which took two weeks. (I also discovered at this point that he never even uncapped the skimmer return and that could have been causing the pump not to prime properly)

The new pump was installed and after a day sounded odd and was not circulating properly. The pool company asked me to send them a video of the pump running and figured out that the pump voltage was incorrect and had to order another one(which took another two weeks).

They then ordered another pump with the correct 150V and after 3 days of that running the pump started to leak out of the front. They had me send in videos again and stated that it was because the sand filter needed to be replaced and that was causing too much pressure in the pump and caused a gasket to blow(which didnt make sense to me after 3 days of running and without the tech even coming out to diagnose it).

My landlord at this point agreed to replace the whole sand filter as he doesnt remember it ever being serviced and the pool company agreed to replace the pump again with the sand filter work which would be another 2 week wait.

The new sand filter work was done and the new pump was put in. I was told to wait until the next day to run it and when I ran it the next morning the top of the pump was leaking, sand filter union was also leaking and the pump sounded wrong. The tech came out the next day and spent two hours trying to diagnose the pump issues and I stated twice that it sounded like a 220V(wrong V) and after the second time asking the tech finally checked and it was set to 220 so he changed it to 150. He got it running and fixed the top pump leak but stated he would have to come back to do the sand filter leak but it was fine to run it as is until then. I ran the pump for 1 day and then the next day the pump started leaking out of the front again.

They then stated they would replace the pump with a better one at no extra charge and they came to do that install yesterday and fix the sand filter leak but told me to wait until this morning to let the liquid cement set. I went to start the pump this morning and it started draining water through the pipe where our solar panel connects because the tech must have kicked or disconnected the spigot that connects that to the piping when he did the install last night.

The company is now stating that it will be another extra cost to my landlord to repair that and that they will be able to come out in a couple of days to do it. It has been almost 2 months since we opened the pool and yet it is still completely swamp green, hasn't been able to be used at all and even if everything finally gets running properly will take me weeks to get it into working order.

The company seems very fishy as it has multiple different addresses listed for it on different parts of its website, a different address listed on its facebook page and when its googled on google maps it doesnt show up under any of those addresses. Is there any legal recourse I would have in regards to the main reason we decided to rent this house was due to the pool and we have not been able to use it at all this year.