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QueensPark.jpg8788 Condominiums in Ontario
In 2009 there were 8788 registered condominiums in Ontario, an increase from 8480 in 2008.

For a breakdown based on location please click HERE .  The numbers were provided by the Ontario Government.
 
law.jpgThe High Price Of Condominium Arbitration.
A condominium is a community of people with common interests and the theory is that the community should try to resolve disputes by agreement rather than the adversarial process.  Mediation is seen as a “win-win” process which allows disputes to be resolved by a communication process leading to a common understanding of the needs of the condominium community. Read more...
 
articlesS.jpgThe Minutes of Board Meetings...
are important legal documents, yet many Corporations do not pay enough attention to them. Some Corporations put far too much detail in them, while other Boards keep minutes that do not accurately or completely reflect the Board's decisions. The purpose of the minutes is to provide a permanent legal record of the actions of the Board.
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Like Little Towns
people.jpgLike Little Towns. In speaking with friends who serve on municipal Councils and Boards, I am struck by the utter disbelief they display upon hearing of the lack of accountability of our Boards of Directors and Property Management Companies and of the baffling lack of "enforcement" on the part of the Ontario Government. Each and every one, without exception, has stated that if the antics of some Directors, Officers and Property Managers of some condominium Corporations were to occur in the sphere of "municipal governance", those responsible would be facing the scrutiny of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of the Attorney General and investigations by provincial auditors and regional and provincial police services.

The Government would surely spare no resources or expense in bringing those responsible for such actions to account for their negligent, incompetent and perhaps even criminal behaviour.

We have towns in this Province with smaller populations than many individual Ontario condominium Corporations yet the Government has consistently refused to acknowledge that the rights of unit Owners (taxpayers) to good governance and fiscal accountability are worthy of the same standard of protection and enforcement of the law as those of other taxpayers in Ontario.

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Why Get Involved?
I know there are Owners out there who ask this question. And I am envious of any Owner who is fortunate enough to own a unit in a well managed Corporation with competent, reasonable and service oriented Directors and Officers. After all, why should such Owners join with other Owners to lobby for legislative reform? Allow me to try to answer this question.
If you take for example, the Owner of a unit in a Corporation where "governance issues" abound and where there is a complete or even partial contempt for law and the interests of Owners. Such an Owner has only two alternatives;
  1. To pay the thousands of dollars associated with mediation and/or arbitration and possible litigation to remedy the situation after which, such a condominium community would be divided and unpleasant to live in; or
  2. Attempt to sell his/her/their unit.
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Because They Can!
bullyS.jpgSome Boards of Directors, with help from some property management companies and condominium lawyers, intentionally and with malice, refuse to follow the governing documents of their condominium Corporations (Declaration, By-laws & Rules) as well as provincial legislation and regulations. These Boards make up their own rules as they go along and usually in order to shirk their responsibilities and/or to intimidate and oppress unit Owners, particularly unit Owners who oppose them. They will choose to apply certain Rules to certain unit Owners and not to others. Why do they do this? Because they can! 
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