Recent Update -
June 1, 2020: Updates to the extensions to the emergency orders and easing of restrictions, as well as the changes to Mandatory Closures on certain recreational and outdoor operations, and updated the...more
Recent Updates -
May 25, 2020: Update of Ontario information extending all emergency orders and the easing of restrictions. Update with respect to Lease Relief to provide more details with respect to the Canada Emergency...more
On April 24, 2020, the Prime Minister announced the federal government reached an agreement in principle with all provinces and territories to implement the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) for qualifying...more
Recent Updates -
May 19, 2020: Update of Ontario information extending the Declaration of Emergency and the easing of restrictions, as well changes made to Ontario Restrictions on Landlord Enforcement. Update of Alberta...more
Recent Updates -
May 7, 2020: Addition of BC information on early marketing periods for new real estate developments, and respecting interim rules for electronic meetings and virtual public hearings for municipal and...more
Recent Updates -
May 4, 2020: Changes made to Ontario Mandatory Closures and to Lease Relief to provide more details of the Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program, to Alberta and BC Lease Relief to...more
April 27, 2020: Changes made to Ontario Restrictions on Landlord Enforcement and to Lease Relief to describe the Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program, and to Alberta and BC Restrictions on Landlord...more
Below is a quick reference guide of real estate emergency pandemic measures applicable to lenders/borrowers and to landlords/tenants in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia....more
The list of U.S. states that have legalized sports wagering keeps getting longer. In May 2019 alone, sports betting became legal in Montana, Indiana, Iowa and Washington D.C. In Tennessee, the state's Sports Gaming Act passed...more
In the current market of soaring real estate values, particularly in and around the City of Toronto (Toronto being the only Ontario municipality to levy its own transfer tax in addition to the provincial tax), an...more
On Tuesday April 10, 2018, the Ontario mining community woke up to a new reality as the third phase of the Ontario government's Modernizing the Mining Act process was put into effect. Following the lengthy hiatus period that...more
The Province of Ontario is introducing new corporate record-keeping requirements for all Ontario corporations having an "ownership interest" in land, effective December 10, 2016....more
Ontario’s New Corporate Forfeiture Regime and Corporate Record Keeping Requirements -
What’s Happening?
On December 10, 2016 Ontario will repeal the compact and concise Escheats Act (the “Old EA”) that has served...more