The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services intends to proclaim a “condominium guide” into force effective December 1, 2020 and it’s looking for input!
“The ministry will be providing the CAO with a table of contents for the condo guide that outlines some core tenets of buying and living in a condo. The proposed
It’s customary in late December to ponder resolutions for the coming year, especially for the young and idealistic. We’re neither, but we offer the following 7 suggested resolutions for the new Condominium Authority of Ontario. CAO launched only four months ago as the tip of the first big batch of major condo law regulatory changes in over 15 years and aims to be the go-to condo resource.
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The Province of Ontario has rolled out proposed new legislation to reform the existing Condominium Act, 1998 and establish mandatory licensing and regulation of condo managers.
Following a careful review and elaborate public consultation process from 2012 to 2014, the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 was introduced in the legislature on May 27, 2015 as
After this long weekend, many of us following Ontario’s Condo Act Review process will refocus on the imminent tabling of a draft new Condo Act. Those involved in the review process found it to be an innovative and interesting one that was championed by a senior government official who, sadly, will not be returning to
With the release of the Solutions Report on September 24, 2013, stage 2 of Ontario’s Condo Act Review came to an end. Read that report and submit your comments by November 8, 2013 to help inform the Government in devising their action plan.
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When the Ministry of Consumer Services announced that condo manager qualifications was the one concept that found unanimous support in the government’s Condo Act Review process, the news was big. And long overdue.
Continue Reading At last, condo manager regulation takes root in Ontario
It is rare that we at Ontario Condo Law Blog will beat up on an underdog, but the owner-occupied reserved position on condo boards is decidedly worthy of that honour.
Continue Reading Time to abolish the owner-occupied director position
Following the close of Stage 1 of Ontario’s Condo Act Review in December 2012, a findings report was issued in January 2013 and is available for review. Comments on that report are requested by March 11, 2013.
Continue Reading Comments due for Stage 1 Findings Report on Condo Act Review
Ontario’s Condo Act Review is moving forward despite the prorogation of the legislature. The Condo Residents’ Panel has begun sitting and I had a chance to address them briefly last week. They are an impressive group of people.
Continue Reading Condo residents’ panel hard at work while legislature prorogued
The Ministry of Consumer Services recently announced that info sessions for the province’s Condo Act review are taking place in the coming days in cities near you.
Continue Reading MCS kicks off Condo Act review info sessions