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Can you be fired after two years of employment due to performance without any write up or reviews to indicate your work is lacking?

I have been a assistant superintendent for over a year and I was let go for no reason. My employer told me legally he does not need to tell me why he is firing me and that i would receive a severance package when I get my last pay and I have yet received it (the severance) . Then later to find out from a tenant that the reason I was let go is because I am single and the new Supers that have been here for only 6 months wanted the Boss to hire there friends. I have been here the longer than they have year 3 month. Now I need to go to court and see when he is going to evict me. What am I entitled to ? Should I be getting legal aid to come with me?

I have been working at a company and I received my final written warning Febraury 25th about my time and attendance. On July 17th, I was ill and unable to attend work. I emailed my workplace letting them know about my illness and when doing so I asked whether or not a sick note was needed. They did not tell me that I needed one and therefore, I did not get it. Upon my return to work, I was asked for it and because it was two days after, my doctor said he was unable to provide me with one. Due to me being unable to provide a sick note that they did not indicate was needed, I was let go. Is this lawful termination?

My husband was a manager if approximately 25 people for the last 2 years and has been demoted to a regular employee for "restructuring." They have him reporting to a consultant now who they want to hire full time. The consultant has taken over my husband's duties as well as additional ones. They now have my husband doing a job he wasn't hired or trained for with zero direct reports. Could this be considered constuctive dismissal? Thanks in advance for your assistance. We are located in Ontario.

I was hired as book keeper/office manager for what I was told was to be a minimum 6 month contract. About 4-5 weeks into the contract I was discussing email invoices with the law clerk and an email popped up with subject "Invoice". It seemed a little odd so I asked the law clerk what she thought and we agreed to open the attachment. It turned out to be a virus and the office was shut down immediately for about 6 hours. No business information was lost but personal pictures (property of the person I was replacing) were on the computer and these were lost. About 2 weeks later, the returning office manager came to my office and told me that she was "p____d" over losing the pictures. I was a little out of line by telling her personal pictures shouldn't have been on it. I did not lose my temper say anything worse than that. Later we had a disagreement over how much pay I should have received. Our verbal contract specified a minimum of 4 hours per day. I completed payroll for the period and paid myself for 7 days. The office manager argued that it should have been 6 days as I was off for some time. I stated that I was correct and by return email I was terminated effective immediately and that I would be help liable for the costs of opening the virus email. I have not received any final payment or severance allowance or any further response to my request for status of my pay. What rights do I have?