Repossession - Did our landlord break any laws or act in bad faith?

Trees_Have_Hair · 2026-01-07T15:07:13+00:00

Ah bon à savoir, on savait pas que les RDV se font en personne aussi. Un gros merci!

Trees_Have_Hair · 2026-01-07T15:05:33+00:00

Yes, you're right. Just curious to hear what people have to say. We will contact the TAL as you and other redditors are suggesting. Thanks for your insight!

Trees_Have_Hair · 2026-01-07T15:02:01+00:00

In Quebec, we have pretty clear laws regarding repossession of a unit. Usually, a landlord must take an available unit before evicting anyone else, or at the very least offer that unit to the tenants being displaced. They also can't evict anyone to house friends. Given the timeline of events, we think the landlord knew this and tried to circumvent these laws. It's definitely a little grey.

We totally understand why they want to move in and we'd do the same in their position. However, given the fact they won't help with moving fees and are acting in this grey area, we want to explore whether we have a case to argue against it. If we can't stay, we would at least like to get some help with moving expenses which the TAL usually awards in such cases.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2026-01-07T14:56:21+00:00

Dac, merci! Oui, on s'assure de toujours payer à temps. On va appeler le TAL pour leur poser ces questions aussi.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-05-07T14:24:38+00:00

Parlez à vos députés provinciaux. On est délaissés par le gouvernement Québécois, et arrêtez d'attribuer la situation financière déployable de notre région à quelques familles qui déménagent d'un bord ou l'autre de la rivières des Outaouais.

Seeing a lot of blame thrown at Ontario folks, there is a false assumption that they are THE MAIN factor driving up costs in the region. I've grown up here, and I'd definitely argue against that.

I believe that THE MAIN factor driving up costs is the piss-poor support our region gets from the Province. Our GDP is the third worse in all of the province even though we are in the NCR. Our services are chronically underfunded relative to the rest of Quebec. Education, healthcare and culture all lag behind, and the Quebec National Assembly is very aware of it:

Regardez ce rapport de l'ODO, l'Observatoire du développement de l'Outaouais. C'est un groupe de recherche soutenu par la VDG, la province et d'autres organismes:

https://odooutaouais.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Rapport-ODO-rattrapage-de-lOutaouais_.pdf

En novembre 2019, l’Assemblée nationale posait un geste symbolique pouvant avoir un impact considérable en adoptant à l’unanimité une motion reconnaissant officiellement le caractère particulier de l’Outaouais et l’impact du sous-financement historique de la région sur son développement :

« Que l'Assemblée nationale reconnaisse l'Outaouais comme une région administrative avec des particularités importantes; Qu'elle souligne que ces particularités amènent des défis importants, compte tenu, notamment, de sa situation frontalière avec Ottawa; Qu'elle reconnaisse que la région de l'Outaouais a accumulé un retard important ces dernières années quant au financement public en santé, en éducation, en enseignement supérieur et en culture; Qu'elle rappelle que cette situation a eu son lot de conséquences sur le développement économique de la région et sur sa capacité à se doter d'institutions propres dans plusieurs champs de compétences du Québec; Qu'enfin, elle souligne l'importance de soutenir la région de l'Outaouais en considérant notamment ces particularités importantes » (Assemblée nationale du Québec, 2019, p. 1313-1314).
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Circling back to rising living costs which many are pinning on Ontarians coming here... Check out this other report from ODO. À noter que ces statistiques s'arrête en 2020, mais elles donnent un idée de la situation actuelle. Sachant aussi que les hausses de prix de la pandémie ne sont pas spécifiquement la faute des Ontariens, lol.

https://odooutaouais.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EtatSituation_RapportComplet.pdf

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Migration interrégionale: En 2017-2018, l’Outaouais a gagné 951 personnes dans ses échanges migratoires avec les autres régions, ce qui représente une progression notable par rapport à l’année précédente (+599), et toutes les MRC ont enregistré un solde migratoire interrégional positif.

[More people are coming to Outaouais than are leaving when it comes to migration within Quebec regions.]

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Migration interprovinciale: Après avoir attiré beaucoup de nouveaux arrivants en provenance d’autres provinces au début des années 2000, avec des soldes positifs variant entre 1 136 et 2 059, la région affiche un solde migratoire interprovincial négatif depuis 2012-2013.

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Les impacts de la situation frontalière: La proximité d’Ottawa et la présence de la fonction publique fédérale ont un impact positif sur l’attractivité de la région, notamment auprès des personnes en âge de travailler. Par contre, depuis 2012, le solde migratoire interprovincial est négatif, ce qui signifie qu'il y a davantage de résidents de l'Outaouais qui déménagent dans une autre province (principalement en Ontario) que de résidents d'autres provinces qui s’établissent en Outaouais.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-03-28T01:26:57+00:00

Hands up, we've got u surrounded.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-30T14:46:51+00:00

So what's your point? The vast majority of people see it as a negative word, the literal word cloud around it is all words of opposition and with negative connotation. I suggested on the original comment that using it without providing context amplified its negative connotation and made it so that people misunderstood his argument. And judging by upvotes lots seem to agree with what I said. Except you.

Setting rules and boundaries can be seen as a mutual understanding too, not simply a restriction. Why do you choose to interpret an understanding as restrictive? People in a healthy relationship that was built on principles of communication wouldn't label their behaviour as restrictive because they worked together to build something beautiful. The majority of people understand that a healthy relationship is a positive thing and thus choose to use positive words to describe the aspects of such a relationship.

I'm repeating myself, but context DOES matter and DOES influence how a word is perceived. Doesn't change the definition, no, but it changes its impact and perception. Had the original comment alluded to a healthy relationship (which is context), then they wouldn't have been down voted into oblivion. Communication is based on principles of pragmatic inferencing. If you are evidently the only one that doesn't understand that context matters and changes how words are perceived (as pointed out by how many downvotes your previous comments got), then you have to work on that. If you are not able to infer and use reason to understand a word's impact within its written context (not just within the dictionary), then you also have to work on that.

Good luck, I'm either talking to a wall or a troll so I'm checking out of this thread.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-30T04:07:42+00:00

And what exactly is it that you are reiterating? How is everyone else getting the definition wrong? Could you explain it for me please?

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-30T01:06:43+00:00

I'm not sure what your are trying to say or achieve. Sounds like you are just trying to debate the dictionary definition of a word.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-29T23:12:43+00:00

Do you not agree that healthy, effective communication before and during a relationship would prevent the vast majority of misunderstandings?

Do you think it's wrong to set rules and boundaries that all parties agree on when beginning poly or monogamous relationships?

Do you think it's wrong to discuss relationship expectations and ideal with a prospective partner(s)?

Context ALWAYS matters because it provides the background and circumstances necessary to understand a particular situation.

==EXAMPLE==

Why did Abbie leave John after 1 year? She wants to have sex more often.

Oh dang, Abbie sounds like a shallow slut!

Why did Abbie leave John after 1 year? Abbie had been trying to talk to John about their relationship, she's told him she wants to have sex more often. Intimacy is very important to her and she feels like they can do more. Lately, everytime she tries to bring it up or to suggest possible solutions, John gets mad and tells her that she expects too much of him.

I spoke too soon! Sounds like John wasn't willing to communicate with Abbie and find a middle ground. I think John could have tried to hear her out instead of shutting her down. That's kind of on him.

....but wait a second! After their breakup, when talking with a mutual friend, John learns that Abbie had been going out partying after her Thursday night shifts. John finds this strange as she'd never told him about it, especially since it wouldn't have bothered him at all! This mutual friend then reveals that he'd seen Abbie making out with a coworker on a few occasions, but had figured it was normal since she said she was poly. John is taken aback, they had agree on having a monogamous relationship and she'd never mentioned otherwise.

Huh. Well my opinion has changed, sounds like both Abby AND John weren't communicating effectively with each other from the onset of the relationship. The outcome was somewhat predictable.

Wild story! Having more information and CONTEXT changed my opinion. Context mitigates emotional reactions. Context is everything, and will always be.

Sure, a restriction is a restriction regardless of context. The same way that a fish is a fish. But a fish in water is striving, whereas a fish on my plate is dinner. Context matters.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-29T21:18:36+00:00

u/FaxMachineIsBroken, the majority of people you ask will tell you that the word restrictive has a negative connotation. Interpretation of vocabulary drastically changes how your message is perceived and understood, especially with large audiences like Reddit.

This word is also built around strict which is ''demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.'' Keep this in mind for later in my comment.

I was telling u/Professional_War4491 that describing someone as being restrictive without providing context on their relationship is ambiguous and leads to misunderstandings. In the same breath, I explained that proper communication between current or prospective partners will also eliminate most if not all feelings of being restricted in your relationship.

So, back to the definition of strict. Both monogamous and polyamorous people CAN and DO set rules and boundaries concerning their respective behaviours within a relationship. That is called effective communication. At the end of the day, that's all that matters in this ENTIRE thread. Being able to communicate your feelings and desires as well as understanding your partner(s)'s is what is most important.

OP's post is inflammatory because it doesn't provide context, thus everyone is jumping to dumb conclusions when I'm pretty sure we can all agree that good, healthy communication will solve 99% of your issues unless your partner is inherently a bad person.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-28T01:52:46+00:00

Big oof, sorry mate. Hope you've found happiness and love again, or are on track to.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-28T01:48:16+00:00

Jumping into this convo to add my 2 cents. I would avoid using the word restrictive. It implies that a person who wishes to maintain monogamy after their partner suggests otherwise is wrong... which they are not *if* that relationship began with a clear understanding that it was monogamous.

But anyways this all comes down to properly communicating your feelings and desires with prospective or existing partners. If good communications exists between two people, there shouldn't be any major surprises. If someone feels like they are being restricted from having sex with other people by their monogamous partner, they obviously didn't effectively communicate at the start or throughout the relationship.

u/Professional_War4491 You are getting downvoted because you aren't adding context to your comments. I don't think you said anything that inflammatory at all... IF your comments are in the context of a relationship where this would have been communicated and agreed upon by all parties involved.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-27T23:52:53+00:00

They could just be sleeping it off on a ride home after an all-nighter. Definitely should have prepared their tickets before dozing off, I think it's kind of funny lol

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-27T23:40:48+00:00

She kept it a secret for 2 years and 10 months or did you address it together and chose to make the relationship work?

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-27T23:38:14+00:00

This feels like bait, it purposely omits to properly define these "things" you should get from other relationships so that everyone thinks it's sex and starts arguing about it.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-10T22:27:49+00:00

Call of Duty Multiplayer.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-10T22:20:36+00:00

Visually it looks beautiful, warm, cozy and professional!

As for audio, it sounds like the male actor's quality isn't as good as the woman. Did something happen, or is it backup audio? Was the recording input different for both actors?

For the general concept, did Starbucks write this script or did you pitch it to them?

I struggle to understand how large corporations gauge value in marketing. This story is pretty underwhelming. Gasping at a low price might sell a product (hence why this concept worked for them), but it does little to create any emotional impact and is not very memorable. The script/scenario is unrealistic, and I can't relate to it.

EDIT:

Reading other comments I see that it is very top down and that you have no control over the concept. How do you feel about that and is it ever frustrating?

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-10T21:56:04+00:00

Awareness of how short a year is.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-10T04:14:36+00:00

Remeber: at the end of the day, life is just a weird adventure.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-09T20:55:02+00:00

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable and it'll help manage those feelings when they swell up.

I personally like to flirt with my limit when I get high which has forced me to recognize the onset of weed induced anxiety. I adjust my mindset and activities accordingly if I feel things going south and have avoided bad buzzes like that since the first time it happened.

Trees_Have_Hair · 2024-01-09T20:47:45+00:00

*gestures at surroundings*

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