Also, thanks cowboy for the links, it got me reading more about the new Bill 34 legislation and it turned out that the landlord cannot actually increase my rent for awhile yet. The new legislation states:
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Effective April 24, 2007, rents cannot be increased unless 365 days pass since the last rent increase or the start of the tenancy, whichever is later.
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The landlady believes that this means that any rent increases after April 24, 2007 cannot be increased
again for 365 days, but that the first rent increase isn't subject to this law. That is to say that my rent could have been increased March 1, 2007 and she could increase it again on August 1, 2007, but then she couldn't do it again until August 1, 2008. I think this is incorrect. It seems to me that after April 24, 2007, any rent increase is subject to this law and the increase cannot be effective until a year has passed since the last increase, even if the last increase was prior to April 24, 2007.
You made my day Cowboy! If I'm understanding that law correctly, you just saved me a lot of headache.