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Mar 4, 2024 | Blog
Ben Grant

GST Consequences For Short-Term Rental Property Explained

In a previous article, we flagged the potential GST/HST consequences when a person returns a short-term rental property to long-term residential use...
Feb 20, 2024 | Blog
Cristina Tomaino

Union Activity is on the Rise – Is Your Business Ready?

Union Activity is on the Rise – Is Your Business Ready? Against the backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis and prevailing economic uncertainty in ...
Feb 8, 2024 | Blog
Ben Grant and Jackson Brown

Draft Rules Published for Tax “Crackdown” on Non-Compliant Short-Term Rentals

Canada’s Department of Finance has released draft legislation and explanatory notes with the details of the government’s plan to crack dow...
Jan 2, 2024 | Blog
Jonathan Pettit

Dumbbells and Decibels: Condominium Gyms and Noise Complaints

Introduction In gyms around the country, dropping weights is generally seen as violating workout etiquette. In condominiums, this might be violating s...
Dec 18, 2023 | Blog

The Temptation of Self-Help

Polchil Homes Ltd. v. Peel Condominium Corporation No. 245, 2023 ONSC 2364 Introduction Self-help remedies are tempting. They can appear to be an obvi...
Dec 11, 2023 | Article
Jonathan Pettit

People, Pets, Parking … and Photons?

  Introduction  Most condominium disputes boil down to the three Ps: people, pets, parking. Recent caselaw from the CAT shows that a new typ...
Dec 5, 2023 | Blog
Ben Grant

GST/HST Issues Ahead For Short-Term Rentals

Cities and provinces in Canada are increasingly restricting Airbnb and other short-term rentals. Now, a new federal government measure will increase t...
Oct 25, 2023 | Blog
Meghan Praught and Lovleen Khosa

How should sellers best protect themselves from violating the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act?

If you have never heard of the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act (the “Act”), you are probably not ...
Aug 21, 2023 | Blog
Meghan Praught

Examples of Underused Housing Tax Application

The following are examples of how the Underused Housing Tax may apply and are intended for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute legal advi...
Aug 21, 2023 | Blog
Meghan Praught

Underused Housing Tax: Does it Apply to You? Part 2

Does Canada’s New ‘Underused Housing Tax’ Apply to You? Part 2 On January 1, 2022, the federal government implemented the Underused ...
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