by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In the New Year, condo corporations and their managers should pay close attention to new rules from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) requiring them to obtain clearance certificates from the contractors they might hire to carry out construction work....
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A condo corporation found itself in court (Gordon v. YRCC No. 818) after the Board had disqualified one of the directors on the basis that he had breached the Directors’ Code of Ethics. The Corporation’s By-law No. 9 provided that a director could be disqualified and...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A recent academic study in the US indicates that condominium prices are affected by whether or not pets are permitted or prohibited in the condominium. The researchers came to the conclusion that there was a premium on prices for condominium units with unrestricted...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released its much anticipated decision in the ongoing Boily saga. You may recall from previous blog posts that the directors of an Ottawa condo corporation were held in contempt of court for violating a court order to restore...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The last time we wrote about the notorious Boily saga, the Ontario Court of Appeal had reaffirmed a lower court’s finding that the directors of an Ottawa condo corporation had acted in bad faith and were in contempt of court as they had deliberately violated a court...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The sensational stories in the news over the past few years, about condominium corporations left with depleted reserve funds as a result of fraud by condo managers, has now piqued the government’s and public’s interest in the regulation of the property management...
