exclusion issue

Exclusion refers to situations where you will not be allowed to get refugee protection.

For example, you:

• have protection in another country
• committed a serious crime in another country, broke international human rights laws or there are other security concerns

financial abuse

If you're a temporary foreign worker in Canada, financial abuse means that your employer does things like:

• not pay you when they're supposed to
• take your money
• make you do something with your money or credit cards that you don't want to do
• charge you fees for to hire you or to find you other work

physical abuse

If you're a temporary foreign worker in Canada, physical abuse means that your employer harms you, or causes you pain or physical injury. For example, your employer might:

• hit, slap, punch, or burn you
• lock you in a room and not let you out
• force you to live in a dirty or unhealthy place
• force you to work in unsafe...

psychological abuse

If you're a temporary foreign worker in Canada, psychological abuse means that your employer threatens you, insults you, or scares you so they get what they want. For example, your employer might:

• threaten to have you deported
• call you names

sexual abuse

If you're a temporary foreign worker in Canada, sexual abuse means that your employer does things like:

• force you, with or without a weapon, into sexual acts that you do not want
• use physical force or threaten you so you'll have sex with them
• force you to have sex with other people who you do not want to have sex with

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evidence

Evidence is used to prove that something is true or false. Evidence comes in different forms, such as photographs, information from witnesses, and documents like emails and rent receipts. A judge or tribunal member uses evidence to make a decision.

party

A party or 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 or a group of 2 or more people, a corporation, or a government organization like the Ministry of Labour.

declaration

A declaration is a written statement. The person making the statement must sign it. They must also promise that:

• the statement is true,
• there's nothing misleading or false in it, and
• they have not deliberately forgotten to include any important information.

Dispute Resolution Officers

Dispute Resolution Officers (DROs) are experienced family law lawyers trained to help people resolve their issues. Some locations of the Superior Court of Justice and Family Court Branch of the Superior Court of Justice have DROs.

long-term care home

In Ontario, long-term care homes are licensed places where adults live when they need:

• access to nursing care and personal care that's on site and available 24 hours a day
• help with most or all daily activities, for example, eating, bathing, and using the toilet

They're sometimes called nursing homes, charitable homes, or...