This was reported on the CBC website. It's from London Ontario, but is definitely of interest to all renters:
Landlords lying to tenants? MPP says that should be illegalLondon-Fanshawe MPP Teresa Armstrong said landlords shouldn't be allowed to cajole tenants with false information. It's part of a package of reforms the NDP is proposing in a private members bill to reform the Residential Tenancies Act.