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Dear members, despite our good will, we are unable to launch the new website within the announced deadlines. We must continue the partial interruption of services until May 24th. Thus, the following features will remain unavailable:

May 13th, 2023 — Condolegal.com announces the launch of its new website to provide a user-friendly experience that is better suited to the needs of its members and the general public. Completely redesigned and redesigned, the Condolegal site offers new features as well as an adaptive design, regardless of the device used. This change will improve navigation for all users.

April 19, 2023 – The news challenges us again and raises serious concerns, with a case of probable bankruptcy for the Pimbina syndicates, which make up the Faubourg Boisbriand co-ownership, struggling with a situation of "accelerated" decline of some 150 units, built barely 15 years ago, due to the poor quality of construction and hidden defects. Indeed, an article from Radio-Canada, broadcast today on its digital platform, reveals the sad fate of 27 buildings of six condo units each in the Faubourg Boisbriand. Construction defects and contamination caused by fungi, the result of water infiltration behind brick facades, are pushing the condominium syndicate to the brink of bankruptcy. 

April 2, 2023 - As reported in an article by journalist Zacharie Gaudreault of the newspaper Le Devoir, a co-owner of a building located  in the Griffintown district of Montreal has been sentenced by a judgment of the Superior Court of Quebec to pay more than $85,000 in penalties and extrajudicial fees for illegally renting her short-term apartment,  between 2016 and 2019. The syndicate of Co-ownership of Griffin Îlot 10 Residential, represented by lawyer Karl Michel of LJT Avocats, asked the Court to make a permanent injunction order against Ms. Lu Zhao and to condemn her to pay damages, for violation of the provision of the building's by-laws that prohibits co-owners from renting their housing on a short-term basis on websites dedicated to short-term rental, such as Airbnb.

March 3, 2023 – On June 8, 2021, the National Assembly of Québec assented the Act mainly to improve the transparency of enterprises (Bill 78). This Bill makes amendments to the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises. New responsibilities have been entrusted to the Enterprise registrar. This new legislative framework entered into force on 31 March 2023 and introduced new obligations relating to the publication of information by registrants, including syndicates of co-owners. The Government of Quebec has thus improved the information available at the Registre des entreprises du Québec (the "REQ"), while improving corporate transparency, strengthening public protection and contributing to efforts to fight tax evasion, money laundering and corruption.

The Organisme d'autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ) invites all those interested in real estate, including current or future homeowners, buyers or sellers, to an information and discussion forum. You will be able to ask representatives of the real estate brokerage regulator all your questions, attend mini-conferences and discover the information and awareness tools made available to consumers by the OACIQ.  

January 27, 2023 - The Mayor of Montréal, Valérie Plante, made a commitment on September 23, 2019, before the heads of state and government meeting in New York, to reduce the Montréal community's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to their 1990 level. To become carbon neutral by 2050, the City of Montréal adopted the By-law concerning greenhouse gas emission disclosures and ratings of large buildings (21-042).  The objective is to know the use of fossil fuels in buildings in order to reduce consumption. This regulation, which came into force on October 4, 2021, requires owners of large buildings to disclose the sources and amounts of energy their buildings use. By June 30 of each year, a declaration of such disclosure must be filed.

January 8, 2023 - The transactions in co-ownership are not simple. They require unfailing rigour, because the devil is in the details. A notary who executed the sale of a condo learned this at his own expense in the Court of Québec - Small Claims Division, because of a professional misconduct he committed by not referring to the declaration of co-ownership.

The entire Condolegal team wishes you a happy holiday season and a happy 2023 filled with happiness and health! The little elves of Condolegal will take a well-deserved break. However, this rest will be short-lived, as the year 2023 is likely to be full of twists and turns.

August 27, 2022 — On June 22, 2022, the  Government of Quebec published in the Gazette officielle du Québec a regulation amending the Regulation to establish various measures in matters of divided co-ownership insurance. The by-law amends the terms and conditions for establishing the minimum contribution to the self-insurance fund of an immovable held in divided co-ownership so that a contribution bringing the balance of the fund to more than $100,000 may be reduced. Nevertheless, a syndicate of co-owners may always decide to deposit in the auto insurance fund an amount greater than this amount, and this, according to its financial forecasts.