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TO MUNICIPALITIES.
WE SEE --
>> Speaker of the House:
THANK YOU.
NEW QUESTION.
THE MEMBER FROM
TRINITY-SPADINA.
>> Rosario Marchese, (NDP):
MY QUESTION IS TO THE
MINISTER OF CONSUMER
SERVICES.
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS I
HAVE BEEN WORKING TO AMEND
THE CONDO ACT TO GIVE
GREATER PROTECTION TO THE
PROVINCE'S ALMOST ONE
MILLION CONDO OWNERS.
LIBERAL MPP'S SPOKE IN
SUPPORT OF MY BILL 79 WHEN I
INTRODUCED IT LAST YEAR.
BUT WHEN I RECENTLY ASKED
THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON
REGULATIONS AND PRIVATE
BILLS TO SEND MY BILL FOR
PUBLIC CONSULTATION MY
REQUEST WAS SHUTDOWN BY
EVERY SINGLE LIBERAL MPP IN
THAT COMMITTEE.
MINISTER WHY IS THE
GOVERNMENT SO ADAMANTLY
OPPOSED TO GIVING CONDO
OWNERS A CHANCE TO HAVE
THEIR SAY AND PROPOSE WAYS
TO IMPROVE THE CONDO ACT?
>> Speaker of the House:
MINISTER?
>> Hon. Madeleine Meilleur,
(L): I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION THE MEMBER IS
>>HONOURABLE MEMBER: THE
ABILITY OF A BILL TO BE
DISCUSS SECOND UP TO THE
HOUSE LEADER.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU
SPEAK TO YOUR HOUSE LEADER
WITH AND TALK TO THE TORY
HOUSE LEADER AND TO OUR OWN
HOUSE LEADER ABOUT THAT
ISSUE.
BUT AS THE MEMBER KNOWS WE
HAVE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF
CONDO OWNERS ACROSS THE
PROVINCE.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
STUDYING THE VARIOUS
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME
OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR
SURVEY.
AND UNDOUBTEDLY WE WILL BE
MAKING CHANGES TO THE CONDO
ACT IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE HE IS AWARE THERE
ARE HALF A MILLION CONDO
OWNERS IN THE PROVINCE.
WE TOOK THE SURVEY SERIOUSLY
AND CURRENTLY EXAMINING THE
VARIOUS RESPONSES WE GOT
BACK AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE
WE WILL BE INTRODUCING
SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO
THE CONDO ACT.
>> Speaker of the House:
SUPPLEMENTARY?
>> Rosario Marchese, (NDP):
MY OFFICE RECEIVED THOUSANDS
OF COMPLAINTS EVERY YEAR
FROM CONDO OWNERS,
VICTIMIZED BY SOME BAD
DEVELOPERS AND SOME BAD
PROPERTY MANAGERS AND CONDO
OWNERS TELL ME THEY HAVE NO
OTHER RECOURSE GUT BUTT TO
SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN COURT.
MINISTER, WHEN WILL THE
GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE CURRENT LEGISLATION DOES
NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH
PROTECTION AND SETUP A
REVIEW BOARD THAT CAN
RESOLVE DISPUTES QUICKLY AND
CHEAPLY?
>> Hon. John Gerretsen, (L):
AS THE MEMBER KNOWS WHEN
SOMEBODY BECOMES A MEMBER OF
A CONDOMINIUM CORPORATION
THEY HAVE VOTING RIGHTS.
A MEET SOMETHING HELD AT
WHICH TIME A BOARD OF
DIRECTORS IS ELECTED AND
THAT PARTICULAR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MAKES THE
NECESSARY ARAKEMENTS WITH
THE MANAGERS AND WITH THE
OTHER SUPPLIERS.
SO, YOU KNOW THERE ARE
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN PLACE
RIGHT NOW FOR A CONDO OWNER
TO EXHIBIT HIS OR HER WILL
ABOUT A PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BY AND LARGE IT'S WORKING.
BY AND LARGE IT'S WORKING
ACROSS THE PROVINCE OF
ONTARIO.
BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL CONDO OWNERS MAKE
THEMSELVES AWARE OF THEIR
RIGHTS AND BRING THOSE
CONCERNS TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS THAT IS MADE UP OF
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONDO
CORPORATION LIKE THEY ARE
THEMSELVES.
BUT WE ARE STUDYING RIGHT
NOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY
AND WE WILL BE MAKING