Legal
REMI Network
Construction company fined in GTA bid-rigging scheme
The first fines were handed out in the condo refurbishment bid-rigging scheme that took place in the Greater Toronto Area.
REMI Network
Condo amenity closures during Omicron
As Ontario’s modified Step Two measures have shuttered most indoor sports and recreational facilities, members of the industry are weighing in on condo amenity closures amidst the highly contagious Omicron variant.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Manitoba to remould scrap metal transactions
Proposed legislation would require sellers to provide personal identification and account for the source of their wares, while purchasers would take on monitoring and record-keeping obligations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario proposes pro-worker labour legislation
The real estate and property management industries may face particular hurdles with respect to implementing the proposed disconnecting from work policy.
CondoBusiness
Recent proof-of-vaccination decisions in condos
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.
CondoBusiness
CAT evolves in jurisdiction but not costs
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.
CondoBusiness
The legalities of vaccine policies in condos
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.
CondoBusiness
The nuances of amenity access during COVID
A vaccine policy for amenity use may spark emotionally-charged debates from opposing residents and enforcing it proves challenging.
Canadian Property Management
Environmental mishaps herald personal liability
Personal liability is a mounting possibility for directors, officers and supervisors of organizations that run afoul of environmental regulators or are on the losing side of civil litigation.
REMI Network
Ontario stretches out deadline for virtual meetings
The Ontario government has further extended the deadline for condo corporations to hold virtual meetings and permit electronic voting without a bylaw.
REMI Network
CAT to handle disputes over nuisances in 2022
Changes to the Condo Act, coming into force on January 1, 2022, will expand the CAT's jurisdiction to manage certain disputes related to nuisances.
CondoBusiness
Cases spotlight the CAT’s wait-and-see approach
The CAT appears to have adopted a wait-and-see approach, not only with respect to motions to dismiss, but also with respect to the disclosure of records to a unit owner whom the condominium might perceive as problematic.
REMI Network
New home regulator charges Ontario developer
Ontario’s Home Construction Regulatory Authority charged Ideal BC Developments after receiving complaints that the home builder had illegally entered into sales agreements.
CondoBusiness
Preventing conflicts from escalating in condos
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.
REMI Network
Case shakes perceived permanency of grandparented smoking
One source of contention can arise between non-smokers and owners exempt from following no smoking rules, particularly if smoke travels where it’s not invited.
CondoBusiness
Cases spotlight cost of poor communication
In some condos, communication channels break down or don’t exist, causing unnecessary expenditures that corporations and owners must incur.
Canadian Property Management
Deal makers might avoid needless FOI requests
A proposed digital channel for submitting property-related information requests to Ontario's Ministry of the Environment would offer an alternative to the current paper-based submission of Freedom of Information requests.
