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Ontario Spousal Rental Right to Matrimonial Home
The Residential Tenancies Act is remedial legislation. Its primary purpose is to provide protection for tenants from unlawful evictions and to ensure housing stability. A narrow, contractual interpretation of who qualifies as a 'tenant' would defeat the very protection the legislature intended to provide to families and spouses.