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The owner of property upon which another person holds a usufruct. The voting right attached to a fraction of co-ownership belongs to the usufructuary. However, the bare owner may exercise such voting rights when the object of the vote is modifying the substance of the property held in co-ownership, changing its destination or terminating the syndicate of co-owners. This allocation of voting rights is not opposable to the syndicate; it is to be discussed only between the usufructuary and the bare owner.
23/07/2024
The first sentence of article 1090 of the Quebec civil Code states that "Each co-owner is entitled to a number of votes at a general meeting proportionate to the relative value of his fraction." The number of votes is related to the share of property rights each co-owner holds in the building. Therefore, the co-owner of a…...
23/07/2024
The right to vote is the very foundation of a democracy. The citizens who are part of it can thus express their will in an election. In principle, this right is equal among all voters. In effect, it is equivalent to "one person, one vote", which means that all the…...