by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Many Condominium Corporations are thinking about the health and safety of their residents, especially those communities in which there is an aging population. There are many steps that a board of a condominium can take to assist residents in improving their...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A recent Court of Appeal decision, Orr v. MTCC 1056, highlights the need for condominium corporations to provide accurate status certificates to prospective condo unit purchasers. In 1997, the purchaser, Ms. Rainville, agreed to purchase a re-sale townhouse condo...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Robin Sears, senior partner at the Toronto public affairs firm Navigator Ltd. and a former NDP strategist, feels that it is ones democratic right to display campaign signs, regardless of whether there are any restrictions in a condominium’s Declaration or rules. In,...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The appeal decision in a recent defamation case involving two board members of a residential co-op (Van Sickle v. Conlon, 2014ONSC 4337) provides a wake-up call to condominium board directors. Ms. Van Sickle and Mr. Conlon were both board members who had attended a...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jason Rivait was quoted in the article “Focus: Airbnb changing condo landscape,” which appeared in Law Times. Airbnb is an online service that connects hosts with spare bedrooms or entire homes, condominium units, apartments, houseboats or castles (yes, you can rent a...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A board member of a condominium corporation recently forwarded me an interesting article from the New York Post about Charlie, the adorable 3.5 pound Yorkie whose owner was taken to court by the condominium association of a 24 unit development in Queens, New York. The...
