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BILL 48 - AN ACT RESPECTING CONDOMINIUMS
Condominium Act, 2009

To read the Condominium Act 2009, click here.

Condominium Act Amendments
The Department of Government Services has been reviewing the Condominium Act with a view to redrafting the legislation.

In September and early October of 2008, the Department of Government Services held public information sessions on the proposed changes to the Condominium Act in the communities of Labrador City, Corner Brook, Grand Falls/Windsor, Gander, Clarenville, Mount Pearl and St. John’s.

Interested parties were given the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed changes during and following the public information sessions.

The Department of Government Services has now posted a document entitled: “WHAT WE HEARD: Feedback from the Public Information Sessions on the proposed changes to the Condominium Act of Newfoundland and Labrador”.

This document may be accessed from the Department’s website through the following link:
http://www.gs.gov.nl.ca/consultation/pdf/condo_act_2008.pdf

CCI Newfoundland and Labrador has provided assistance and advice to the Department of Government Services throughout the legislative review and public consultation process. Our Chapter will continue to be active in this very important initiative.

CCI GENERAL FORUM TAKES OFF
Approximately one year ago, CCI National Board introduced a new service to our membership. The CCI "general forum" was added to the National website for the purposes of facilitating discussion and to some degree debate over common concerns by our membership. Initially, only a few individuals utilized the forum, but now there are hundreds of conversation streams taking place, with more being added every day.

Users of the forum often pose questions, or are looking for advice relating to common issues such as how to find a good property manager, deal with a difficult individual living in the condominium community, rejuvenate an apathetic condominium community, dealing with unresponsive Boards of Directors, record keeping and the hot topic in Ontario these days, Smart Meters. The general forum is easy to access and fun to use. We will be making changes to it shortly to add sign-in boxes to indicate which province and/or chapter the user lives in and whether they are a member of CCI or not.

To gain access to the general form, simply go to CCI National's website at www.cci.ca, and look for the word "forum" and click. Once you are in the forum, you can either enter anonymously, or use your own name, post your question, or join in a conversation making your own opinions known.

Join the forum now, we look forward to talking with you.

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