Bill 53: the Service Alberta Statutes (Virtual Meetings) Amendment Act

Bill 53: the Service Alberta Statutes (Virtual Meetings) Amendment Act allows Condominium Corporations, Residents Associations and Home Owner’s Associations (as well as businesses, non-profits, societies and cooperatives) the option to meet and vote online, as opposed to in person. Bill 53 received Royal Assent on March 26, 2021 and the changes are retroactive to August 15, 2020, corresponding with the expiration of the Public Health Act on August 14, 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the requirement for specific organizations to hold in-person meetings in order to protect public health and safety was suspended until August 2020. Many organizations had since voiced their desire to continue holding virtual meetings, rather […]

No Mask, No Entry: Owners Prohibited from Frequenting Common Areas without a Mask

In the Ontario case of Halton Condominium Corp No 77 v Mitrovic, 2021 ONSC 2071 the Condominium Corporation (the “CC”) applied for an Order and permanent injunction requiring the Unit Owners, the Mitrovics, to wear masks in compliance with its Mask Policy. The CC’s Mask Policy required all residents to wear masks while “in any enclosed common space.”

Residents exempt from the Mask Policy included children under the age of two, persons with medical conditions that prevented them from wearing a mask, and persons unable to place or remove a mask without assistance. The Mitrovics claimed exemption under the […]