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LTB member

Members of the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) make decisions about issues that are covered by the Residential Tenancies Act. They're in charge at LTB hearings. Their role is like that of a judge in a court. An LTB member is sometimes called an adjudicator.

Care services

The term "care services" has a specific meaning in the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA). Care services include health care, rehabilitation, and therapy. It also includes services that help people with daily activities, like:

  • taking prescription drugs
  • feeding
  • bathing and dressing
  • changing bedpans and adult diapers
  • ...

file

To file something means giving it to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and following the rules about how to do this.

NSF

NSF stands for Non-Sufficient Funds. It means that a person did not have enough money in their bank account to cover a payment by cheque or pre-authorized debit (PAD).

When this happens, the bank usually charges extra fees. When it's a cheque, both the person who wrote the cheque and the person the money was payable to might be charged...

violation

Service Canada can give you a penalty if you give them information related to your Employment Insurance (EI) claim that you know is not true or accurate. This is called a violation.  

If you have any violations in the last 5 years, you might need to work more hours to qualify for EI. 

insurable hours

Insurable hours are the hours you worked doing a job covered by Employment Insurance (EI). You must work a certain number of insurable hours to get EI benefits. How many hours you must work depends on the type of EI benefits that you're applying for. For example, you must usually work for at least 600 hours to get sickness benefits.   

parties

Parties are the people or organizations directly involved in a court case, contract, agreement, or other legal matter. For example, a party can be one person, a group of 2 or more people, a corporation, or a government organization like a municipal subsidized housing provider.

In most housing law cases, the landlord and the tenant are parties....

consent order

A consent order is a type of Landlord and Tenant Board order that is based what the parties in the case agree to.

file

Filing your documents means giving your forms and documents to a court or tribunal.
Often there are different ways you can file. For example, a court might allow you to file online, by mail, or in person at the court office.

parties

Parties are the people or organizations directly involved in a court case, contract, agreement, or other legal matter. For example, a party can be one person, a group of 2 or more people, a corporation, or a government organization like the Ministry of Labour.