Condo democracy has had a fair bit of bad press recently. Vote rigging, fraudulent proxies and director collusion made headlines in May. But is it really all gloom and doom in condos under Ontario skies? In this post, we provide 10 tips to improve condo governance and reduce frustration associated with condo living.
The month of May saw its fair share of sensationalist articles on the state of Ontario’s condominium democracy. In his article of May 17, 2017, Konrad Yakabuski of the Globe and Mail painted a portrait of complete condominium “anarchy”. He reported that condo boards are the fourth level of government “without the required checks and balances” and with “unethical governance”, all leading to a “living hell”. Yakabuski reported that these city-states are “engulfed in civil warfare”, with board elections often being the subject of “collusion to gain control of the board”. Filled with superlatives and hyperboles, the article presented very little in support of the “totalitarian regimes” the author described.
