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Mandating a healthy built environment?

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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December 22 2010

We have previously written on the new "green" building standards being imposed by municipalities, particularly the City of Toronto

Development charges alert - a holiday gift for municipalities

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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December 22 2010

Municipalities are indexing andor raising development charges again

New year, new provincial policies

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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December 22 2010

As we head into 2011 we look to a year that will likely see the issuance by the Province of Ontario of significant new planning policies, most notably a new Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) and an amendment to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (the "Growth Plan"

City of Toronto planning initiatives

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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September 30 2010

At its meeting of 25-27 August 2010, City of Toronto Council approved the following significant planning initiatives

Mandating a healthy built environment?

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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April 18 2011

In our December 2010 issue we informed you about the healthy building initiative titled the Health Background Study undertaken by the Region of Peel in collaboration with the City of Toronto

Tenant utility arrears: another surprise cost of property ownership?

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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April 29 2011

In 2001 the Municipal Act in Ontario was completely revamped, becoming the Municipal Act, 2001 (the "Act"

Construction Lien Act amendment impacts condominium developments

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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June 10 2011

On July 1, 2011 an amendment to the Construction Lien Act (CLA) will come into force which will have an impact on condominium developers

The new residential rental property rebate

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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June 17 2011

As we enter into our third decade of dealing with the federal Goods and Services Tax, most recently amended in Ontario by harmonization with the Retail Sales Tax to become the Harmonized Sales Tax, many aspects of the GSTHST continue to be the subject of some confusion

Toronto planning updates

Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Canada
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June 17 2011

At its meeting of 17 and 18 May 2011, Toronto City Council voted to repeal the City’s new comprehensive zoning by-law 1156-2010 (which was subject to approximately 700 Ontario Municipal Board appeals) (the “By-law”