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We are hearing that during this pandemic more than one buyer has put an offer in on a house, conditional on financing and/or home inspection, and when it came time to waive it they failed to do so. This is even though there was no legitimate reason not to waive the clause(s)....
- More than one of us may feel like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air at the moment - like our life got flipped-turned upside down - since the declaration by the WHO on March 11, 2020 that COVID-19 was a pandemic. Since then, all levels of governments, and all governing bodies have been attempting to make sense of, and find a way to continue, with aspects of life that cannot be put on hold....
- Last week in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford ordered the closure of a number of businesses and the shut down of industrial construction sites that were previously considered “Essential” under Ontario Regulation 82/20: Closure of Places of Non-Essential Business (“O.Reg 82/20”). ...
On March 25, 2020, the Canadian government established the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to help protect Canadian workers whose incomes may have been disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
- A number of GTHA municipalities have now passed social or physical distancing by-laws, with more on the way. Some have been passed by municipal heads of council (mayors) acting unilaterally – without a council vote, in reliance on section 4 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (“EMCPA”)....
- A burning question being debated in municipalities across the province right now is can a head of council order the closure of premises either to support the Province’s closure of nonessential workplaces or to enhance it?...
- On March 19, 2020 the provincial government enacted Bill 187, Municipal Emergency Act, 2020 in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic....
- On March 20th , the Province issued an order under ss 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9 (“EMCPA”) suspending provincial limitation periods retroactive to Match 16 th , 2020. ...
- On March 23rd , Ontario’s Provincial government ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces to slow the spread of COVID-19 pursuant to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9. (“EMCPA”). A 74 item list of “essential workplaces” was released later that evening and includes a number of workplaces relevant to the municipal response to the pandemic...
- The decision in Azzarello v. Shawqi released on October 15, 2019 at 2019 ONCA 820, was an appeal from a decision granting the Vendors their damages AND deposit...
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