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09/08/2022

Condo fees with interest

September 26, 2017 - A recent Ontario judgment addressed a sensitive issue, namely the ability of a syndicate (in that province) to recover interest on unpaid common expenses (condo fees). The court also ruled on the reimbursement of fees resulting from legal proceedings by the unsuccessful party....

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09/08/2022

Directors libeled by e-mail

  September 21, 2017 - In a recent Ontario ruling, a syndicate of co-owners has been authorized to present a request with Yahoo to unmask the author of potentially defamatory e-mails. These anonymous messages were sent to the immovable’s co-owners and occupants, under the user name « Ian Fleming »....

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09/08/2022

Are our condos in jeopardy?

October 10, 2017 - The jingle is familiar: our collective dwellings may not well withstand the passage of time, because of "a deficit in terms of the built quality of real estate ", says lawyer emeritus Yves Joli-Coeur, also the secretary general of the RGCQ. « It is reminiscent of road infrastructures. When we pass under a bridge, we sometimes wonder if it will fall down on us. Is this the case for co-ownership? In part, yes», added Yves Joli-Coeur. According to him, the situation in Quebec would be worse than elsewhere in the country....

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09/08/2022

Mandatory training for condo directors

September 29, 2017 - Condolegal.com recently announced that the Ontario government established a condominium authority, (Condominium Authority of Ontario -CAO). Among the new measures adopted, it will impose mandatory training for co-ownership directors under the Protecting Condominium Owners Act. Over the next two months, the CAO will be proposing four director training on-line pilot projects, divided into four components:...

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09/08/2022

The co-ownership tempest in a “cannabis pot”

September 13, 2017 - The upcoming cannabis legalization is the object of a growing co-ownerships controversy. Neighborhood disturbances are likely to increase, as tobacco smoking already generates several co-owners conflicts, due to second-hand smoke migrating from one unit to another in some buildings. Lawyer Sébastien Fiset believes that if pot is legalized for recreational purposes in Canada, the Québec Tobacco Control Act should apply. But would a syndicate succeed in prohibiting its use in the private portions of a co-ownership? Quebec case law tells us that this has already happened with smoking....

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09/08/2022

Condos: Downtown is back

October 11, 2017 - Condo fever has truly resumed in downtown Montreal. Several major projects are planned, including the Tour des Canadiens (Phase III), near the Bell Center. Another sign of the bullish business climate in the borough, Broccolini announced last week, the construction of a 150 million project. The 628 Saint-Jacques, in the heart of Square Victoria. It will include 251 condominium units on 35 floors. Several other projects will soon be announced, as the lull observed over the last two years seems to be a thing of the past....

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14/10/2017

Une tour qui dérange

14 octobre 2017 — Plusieurs résidents de Cap-Rouge devront composer avec une nouvelle copropriété dans leur voisinage immédiat. Mais l’immeuble actuellement en construction dérange, en raison de sa taille jugée démesurée pour un quartier résidentiel....

Travaux

13/10/2017

L'Alberta encadre les promoteurs de condos

13 octobre 2017 — Il n’a y a pas qu’en Ontario où la copropriété est mieux encadrée qu’au Québec. L’Alberta fait aussi la preuve que ses interventions, en ce domaine, contribuent à prévenir les nombreuses dérives possibles....

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03/10/2017

Réforme législative en vue

3 octobre 2017 - Le Groupe de travail sur la copropriété a récemment dévoilé le contenu des recommandations qu’il a faites, en février dernier, à propos du projet de réforme législative sur la copropriété québécoise. Cette nouvelle survient quelque temps après la fin de la consultation publique sur l’assurance pour copropriétés, qui a été lancée par le ministère des Finances, du 14 juillet au 29 août derniers....

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27/09/2017

Responsabiliser les CA

27 septembre 2017 — Dans la foulée des consultations sur l’assurance pour copropriétés menées par le ministère des Finances, du 14 juillet au 29 août derniers, plusieurs organismes ont déposé leur mémoire sur cette question....

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