And this is just (I'm sure) one point where your family differs from mine. My father would have called the cops, maybe in Montreal but absolutely in Toronto. Not a snowball's chance that he would have been living with us.

My dad would have done what he could to help the guy, but no way would he have been allowed to stay at our house. Amongst other things, my mother wouldn't have put up with it. (she's the scary one in my family).