To let everyone know, the carriage motion will be heard on January 24th in Court Room # 6 at Osgoode Hall. This is located at 130 Queen St. West, Toronto. It starts at 10 am. The court room is open to the public, and anyone interested can attend.
There will be a court hearing on January 24 before Justice Belobaba for the law firms to make arguments as to which one should be granted carriage of the class action. We do not expect His Honour to decide on January 24. We expect His Honour will reserve, consider the arguments, and release his reasons…
When there are two competing claims in a class action, the Court steps in to determine which of the actions should go forward. This is called a ‘carriage motion’. On January 24, 2019, Landy Marr Kats LLP and the firms representing the Plaintiff in the competing class action will be in Court asking the Court…
We are happy to inform you that the notice of termination of support for hotel accommodation is being rescinded by the landlord/owners. There will be a Notice posted by the landlord/owners and a press release issued at 10 am this morning.
As you are aware, the landlord/owners have notified those tenants staying at the hotels that as of November 30th funding for the hotels will no longer be provided. As a result, we have brought an urgent motion asking the Court to compel the landlord/owners to continue to pay for the hotel accommodation, or to provide…
We are aware that 650 Parliament Street tenants in hotels received or are receiving a notice that management will stop paying the costs of hotel accommodation after November 30, 2018. A copy of the Notice is attached here. We ask all tenants staying in hotels to complete the HOTEL TENANT INFORMATION SHEET and return it…
Thank you to tenants who have contacted us. We continue to ask tenants who are experiencing difficulty with the Emergency Response Centre or generally with finding suitable housing to reach out to us and provide us with their information.
Tenants can now access the building now through Sunday October 28, 2018, from 9:00am to 5:00pm, to retrieve cold-weather clothing and possibly other small items. More details can be found at https://wpsq.ca/.
We attended before Justice Belobaba on Friday, October 19, 2018, to discuss procedural issues. Among other things, Justice Belobaba has agreed to make himself available on short notice to address any issues of tenants who do not have shelter. If you do not have shelter or are required to leave the place where you are…
Dear Tenants, We understand that the building management is currently presenting you three options in order to assist you. We do not believe that the building management is doing enough for you. We believe they ought to provide immediate reasonable accommodation to you, similar to what you had before the fire occurred. It is your…
Any contributions that you can make to this GoFundMe will be forwarded to the tenants of this building on an equal basis to help cover some of their expenses. https://www.gofundme.com/650-parliament-street-fire
Case Overview: This proposed class action stems from the fire which broke out on August 21, 2018 at 650 Parliament Street, Toronto. Approximately 1,500 tenants and residents were displaced from their homes in addition to numerous guests who were present at the property. The tenants, residents, and visitors to 650 Parliament are now without a…
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