Publications
LPAT vs. OMB, what has really changed – Part 2
In the last few weeks the newly established Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) has been off to the races in delivering a wave of appeals decisions. Tribunal members are well aware that an entire community of developers, applicants, and planners are lasered-in on...
Post-Election Era – Ontario Land and Infrastructure Development Updates
Having reached the midpoint of 2018, arguably the most significant change Ontarians have seen thus far is the shift in provincial government leadership from the Liberals to PCs. The full ramifications of this change aren’t yet known, but we, at Alacer Law, have been...
Green Light for Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act
On June 18, 2018 the Senate passed Bill C-45, enacting the Cannabis Act and approving legalization of cannabis in Canada. The bill later received Royal Assent and came in to effect on June 21, 2018. Yet the date that truly resonates with Canadians is October 17, 2018,...
Ontario Securities Commission to assume oversight of Syndicated Mortgages – Part 1
In the wake of Canada’s red hot real estate market follows a booming syndicated mortgage investment (SMI) market that is estimated to have doubled between 2014 and 2016 to $6 billion. Following this growth are concerns that the SMI market regulator, the Financial...