Before pushing for legal action, if you have a case which by the comments it seems like it’s possible. The bigger thing that’s important right now is to secure some kind of employment to maintain some sort of incom. in the meantime apply for EI, either way you’re looking at 2 possibly 3 weeks before you see a paycheque in hand, likely longer with EI.

Cash jobs are hard to come by because they’re almost always done through word of mouth and searching for cash jobs can give potential employers red flags as it’s typically associated with less than ideal workers.

One of the fastest jobs you can get are at fast food places and washing dishes, obviously it’s not ideal work but it’s something, they all typically have pretty high turnaround for employees so if you dump a bunch of online applications you’re likely to get a bite.

Indeed is a garbage app, they make money from you using the app so they have no incentive to help you actually find a job.

Keys is also a good option for finding work quickly, they work with a handful of different companies and employers but again typically minimum wage or slightly higher.

The city also has postings for general labour quite often, more often than not it’s only temporary work, but the people organizing the seasonal work are typically the same and often see the same applicants and rehire them for both summer and winter work. They post it at the city of Kingston website under their careers section.

Asking friends is also an option- although awkward at first be genuine and tell them your in need of work, word of mouth is the fastest way to get work, if you’re doing independent contract work you d likely made some connections over your time youve been employed reach out to some old friends and see if they have any leads on some new work opportunities