Fresh off the press, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services has announced that pursuant to ONTARIO REGULATION 179/17, effective October 1, 2020, the Condominium Authority Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) will be dealing with a lot more condo disputes through…
Virtual AGM’s and Owners Meetings- How does Voting Work?
The Voting Process-Electronic Voting Now that condo corporations are doing virtual meetings, many managers, board members and even condo lawyers, are asking questions about how voting works with virtual meetings. Let’s remember that prior to the pandemic, electronic voting was…
Important Announcement – Condo AGM’s- the dates are here!
Premier Doug Ford has now declared that July 24th was the end of the emergency period and a new Bill 195 has been passed allowing the Premier to continue to extend emergency orders every 30 days over the next two…
Condo Tarion Warranty Claim Submissions and Conciliation
We have previously blogged about Ontario’s Emergency Order and its impact on various legal time periods including delayed occupancy and repair periods, limitation periods, and conciliation and repair deadlines. Tarion, the provider of Ontario’s new home warranty protection plan, recently…
Insurance Coverage for Condo Contractors- Slip and Fall
We previously blogged about the importance of maintaining the common elements in the winter with snow and ice posing serious liability concerns. We touched upon the importance of insurance and how condominium corporations should ensure that all of their winter contractors…
Bare-Bones Standard Unit By-law for Condo Corporations
Over the past year, there has been significant discussion within the condominium industry regarding the challenges faced by many condominium corporations who are finding it difficult to control insurance costs and in some instances even obtaining insurance coverage. Many corporations…
Condo AGM Notice of Meeting Packages- Items to Include
In November 2017, the Condominium Act was amended, and various mandated forms were introduced at that time to assist in standardizing information contained in Notices of Meetings for Annual General Meetings (AGMs). Many management companies had pre-existing standard AGM packages…
Short Term Rentals – Toronto Zoning Bylaw Upheld- Important Decision for Condos
The Divisional Court has just released its decision (https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onscdc/doc/2020/2020onsc3949/2020onsc3949.html) refusing to grant leave (i.e. permission) to appeal the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal decision which upheld the City of Toronto’s zoning by-law amendments. The zoning by-law amendments and the short term…
Disruptive and Violent Condo Owner – A Court Decision on Enforcement
In a recent case titled Peel Standard Condominium Corporation No. 1028 v. Jakacki (2020) ONSC 3697, the Ontario Superior Court was tasked with deciding whether to grant a temporary injunction preventing the Respondent, a unit owner, from using the common…
Understanding Virtual Owners Meetings and Electronic Voting for Condos
Over the past few months, many condominium corporations have put their owners’ meetings on hold waiting to see whether things would get back to “normal” soon. When the first emergency orders were declared, there was a lack of clarity as…
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