Is a landlord permitted to harass, obstruct, coerce, threaten or interfere with a tenant?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from CET-73464-18-RV (Re), 2018 CanLII 88539 (ON LTB):
40. Section 23 of the Act specifies that a landlord shall not harass, obstruct, coerce, threaten or interfere with a tenant. Harassment is generally defined as “a course of conduct which one knows or should know to be unwelcome by the other person and which one pursues for no legitimate purpose” (Grimard v. Knight 2006 O.R.H.T.D.).
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