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Webinar: Excel at Virtual AGMs (and Covid Update) (Nov. 4 @ 5pm)
Date: Nov. 4, 2020 Topics: Ontario’s new Colour-Coded COVID Response Framework Virtual AGMs and E-Voting: What notices are required? Do proxies continue to have a use? How to calculate quorum? How to bring and second motions? How to take questions and answers? How to best present your reports? How to deal with owner-occupied positions? Speakers […]
Possible Protection for Condos Who Make Best Efforts to Follow COVID Regulations
Ontario has announced today that it will introduce a piece of legislation which, if passed, will provide protection for workers, volunteers and organizations that make an honest effort to follow public health guidelines and laws relating to exposure to COVID-19. Who will be protected If passed, the Supporting Ontario’s Recovery Act, 2020 will provide targeted […]
Condo Pools (and Libraries) Under Ontario’s Modified Stage 2
Last Friday, Ontario rolled Toronto, Ottawa and Peel back to a modified Stage 2 set of restrictions. We blogged about this already. Earlier this week, we blogged on the impact this had on condo gyms and fitness rooms. We promised you a follow up blog post on condo pools. Here it is. Keep in mind […]
Must Condos Close their Gyms Under Ontario’s Modified Stage 2?
It is best to consult our COVID tab at the top of our blog to see the up-to-date restrictions applicable to your region and municipality. *** Last Friday, Ontario announced that it was moving Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Health Units back into a modified Stage 2 set of restrictions. This was effective as of 12:01 […]
Ontario Rolling Back to Stage 2: Closing Gyms and Conference Centres
It is best to consult our COVID tab at the top of our blog to see the up-to-date restrictions applicable to your region and municipality. **** On Friday, Ontario announced that parts of Ontario are rolling back to a modified Stage 2 set of restrictions. As of midnight tonight (October 10, 2020), Ottawa, Toronto and […]
Province Regulates Face Masks and Meeting Limits in Condos
Until Friday, face masks in condos were regulated by municipalities and by condo corporations but not by the province. Indeed, many municipalities (including Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, York, Burlington and Ottawa) required that face masks be worn while on interior common elements. We’ve blogged on this already. Friday, the province of Ontario amended its general COVID […]
Ontario Extends the Period Allowing Virtual AGMs, Electronic Notifications and Remote Board Meetings
As many of our readers know, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Provincial Government had amended the Condominium Act to allow corporations across the province to hold their AGMs virtually, even without a bylaw permitting it. However, as the state of emergency was ended on July 24, 2020, this exception period was scheduled to end […]
Webinar: Condo Tribunal’s New jurisdiction, Chargeback (and COVID) – Oct.7 @5pm
Don’t miss our next webinar on Wednesday October 7, at 5pm ET. Here’s the registration link, but read on to learn more about the exciting topics and line up. Topics Starting in October, the Condo Tribunal will vastly expand its jurisdiction to deal with additional condo disputes, including disputes over: Pets Parkings Vehicles Storage Chargebacks […]
Do Social Gathering Limits Apply to Condo AGMs?
This past Saturday, Ontario expanded to the rest of the province the indoor 10-people “social gathering” limit. We blogged already on the impact these new limits have on Condo AGMs. Many condos who had planned smaller, more intimate in-person AGMs are being caught off guard and are now scrambling to go online or to reschedule […]
New Cap on AGM Size as Ontario Rolls Back Limits on Social Gatherings
As the number of COVID cases are creeping up again, Ontario is lowering the limit of social gatherings in some areas of the province. This may have an immediate and direct impact on whether you can hold an in-person AGM or not. Update (Sept. 19, 2020): the gathering limits referred to in this post are […]