As multi-residential buildings grapple with rising construction costs, condo managers in Ontario are experiencing the impacts up close.

Many condominium corporations that allow pets to varying degrees may see more four-legged friends roaming around, and there are several common issues residents will likely have to contend with.

In these economically trying times, as one would expect, fraud has been rearing its ugly head. Unfortunately, condominium corporations have increasingly become an easy target.

Existing building operations represent a significant portion of Canada’s national carbon footprint. How can boards impact their building’s performance?

A condo in Toronto recently made the news after levying a $14-million special assessment. Owners were given 15 days to pay for repairs. How can other corporations avoid this predicament?

In this new frontier of e-voting lies a confluence of ethical factors that should be considered ahead of permanent changes to the Condo Act.

Maintenance and repair obligations of both owners and condo corporations are defined in the Condominium Act, which sets out the minimum default obligations. T

Many condo corporations struggle to prioritize. In fact, it's a challenge facing several organizations across industries, from a board level, right down to day-to-day task assignments. Condo boards and their management teams are no different.

Building failures of this horrific scope are seldom seen in North America. But it is important to examine what happened so we can learn and prevent similar collapses in the future.

None of us know how long proof of vaccination will be required in Ontario in the settings mandated by the province, or whether those areas and exemptions will be amended over time.

Although we are seeing the types of cases a court normally hears being transferred to the CAT, we are not seeing the principles regarding costs the court has adopted being transferred and implemented as well.

An increasing number of condos within the last two months have implemented mandatory vaccination policies, which apply to indoor common element amenity users and on-site employees.

A vaccine policy for amenity use may spark emotionally-charged debates from opposing residents and enforcing it proves challenging.

The Ontario government has further extended the deadline for condo corporations to hold virtual meetings and permit electronic voting without a bylaw.

Bonflict of interest on the board of directors is a topic that often raises ire of many owners and prospective buyers.

How would this scenario unfold in Ontario? Leaving aside the construction process itself, there are vast differences between Ontario and Florida condominium laws that would have given the Champlain towers significant added protections following registration.

There are strategies that can be helpful to consider in recognition of the fact that reactive approaches to conflict can be quite costly for condo boards.