2024
- June 12, 2024 Properly Built Times, Spring 2024 – Ontario Edition, Volume 19, no. 3
- May 25, 2024 – Toronto Star – Tarion says it’s reformed. These homeowners disagree.
- May 14, 2024 Final – Ontario Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024, Bill 185
- May 11, 2024 Properly Built Times, Vol. 19, no 2 – National Edition
- Apr. 7, 2024 – 2023 LAT Report – Final
- Feb. 2024 Title Insurance by T. Hyde final
- Jan. 25, 2024 CPBH presentation – final Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
- Properly Built Times Vol. 19 no. 1 Winter 2024 Ontario Edition
2023
- Nov. 22, 2023 Ontario Consumer Protection – Supplemental – Bill 142 – Final – Used furnaces
- Nov. 21, 2023 CPBH Ontario Consumer Protection Bill 142 – Final – Used furnaces
- Oct. 25, 2023 – CPBH Statement re Ontario’s Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023
- Oct. 2, 2023 Properly Built Times – National – Volume 18, no. 2, Fall 2023
- Aug. 4, 2023 CPBH final – submission re Price Escalations and Consumer Protections re New Home Purchase Agreements
- June 2023 ON Price Escalations and Consumer Protections re New HOme Purchase Agreements Consultation Paper FINAL-1
- June 5, 2023 – 2022 LAT Report – final
- May 3, 2023 CPBH Statement re Min. Rasheed and auditor general recommendation re oversight
- Properly Built Times Spring 2023 – Ontario Edition Volume 18, no. 2
- Mar. 23, 2023 CPBH analysis of Audit of Toronto Building’s Inspection Function
- Mar. 16, 2023 CPBH submission re ON Consumer Protection Act – final
- Mar. 15, 2023 CPBH statement related to the Audit of Toronto Building’s Inspection Function
- Mar. 2, 2023 Properly Built Times – Winter 2023 – vol. 18 no. 1 – Special National Edition Properly Built Times – Winter 2023 – vol. 18 no. 1 – Special National Edition
- Jan. 24, 2023 Final CPBH submission re future enhancements to the qualification program for Ontario’s Building Practitioners
- Jan. 2023 MMAH Discussion_Paper_-_Future_Enhancements_to_the_Qualification_Program_for_Building_Practitioners_Dec_2022_-_FINAL1
2022
- Nov. 21 2022 FOI Lawsuits against the City of Ottawa past 10 years
- Fall 2022 Properly Built Times vol. 17 no. 4 – National Edition
- Nov. 17, 2022 Final – CPBH submission related to Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022
- Fall 2022 Properly Built Times Volume 17, no. 3, Ontario Edition
- Oct. 7, 2022 email to Minister Rasheed and DM Kulendran – ongoing lack of oversight re Tarion
- Sept. 14, 2022 Globe and Mail Ontario regulator moves to strip builder of its licence
- Spring 2022 Properly Built Times Vol 17 No 2 National edition
- Spring 2022 Properly Built Times Volume 17 no. 1 Ontario edition
- April 11, 2022 final CPBH Deputation re Bill 109 More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022
- Mar. 31, 2022 CPBH comments related to More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022
- Feb. 11 2022 – Final – Ontario Housing Policy Issues
- Jan. 17, 2022 from NRCan Energy Star Code of Ethics Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest
- Jan. 17, 2022 Energy Star for New Homes – Homeowner Complaint Form
2021
- Dec. 2021 Properly Built Times Volume 16 no. 3 Fall 2021 Ontario edition
- Nov. 2021 Properly Built Times Volume 16 no. 2 Fall 2021 National pdf
- Nov. 29, 2021 Final Input re Proposed Changes to the Ontario Building Code
- Nov. 2021 Opportunities for the Canadian Federal Government
- Nov. 3 2021 final CBC Alberta
- Nov. 3, 2021 Ottawa 100 Radon Test Kit Challenge Letter EN
- Oct. 21 2021 Final Input re ON Building Code consultation re remote inspection
- Aug. 29 2021 Final – Canadian federal election
- July 12, 2021 – Final – Ontario Housing Policy Issues
- July 6, 2021 final Tarion Board Chair re botched evaluation
- May 13, 2021 HCRA re Business Plan – Open Letter
- May 11, 2021 Brian Moher, Barrister – Letter of Opinion re Tarion Recording Policy
- May 10, 2021 Ottawa City Council Open Letter
- May 2, 2021 Toronto Star How some Canadian communities are taking their own steps to address the risks of radon gas
- May 2, 2021 Toronto Star The invisible threat inside your home – Dangerous levels of radon
- April 29 2021 CPBH FOI re Tarion – multi-provider model analysis statement final
- Mar. 3, 2021 – Ontario Housing Policy Issues Final
- Feb. 28, 2021 Moher Legal – Letter of Opinion re Ontario – Used/Damaged Furnaces
- Feb. 12, 2021 Final CPBH response to ON New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017 – Proposed Code of Ethics and Discipline Committee and Appeals Committee
- Feb. 6, 2021 Ottawa City Council Open Letter
- Jan. 1, 2021 updated Daniel Browne-Emery situation
2020
- Dec. 2020 Radon study opportunity – new deadline – Mar. 5, 2021
- Nov. 14, 2020 CPBH President Wins a Women of Inspiration Integrity Award
- Oct. 30 2020 final Ottawa City Council 2020 Budget
- Oct. 2020 Radon Bulletin
- Aug. 27, 2020 Ontario (Ottawa) Cumberland by-election candidates’ responses
- July 19, 2020 CPBH President Dr. Karen Somerville Nominated for Woman of Inspiration Award
- July 11, 2020 More bad press for Tarion – this time in the Globe and Mail July 11, 2020 Globe and Mail re Tarion re AG implementation plan
- July 10, 2020 CPBH statement re Tarion’s Implementation Plan on the Auditor General of ON’s recommendations
- Watch short videos on our Facebook & Twitter feeds of presentations by consumers to an ON gov’t committee concerning Bill 159 and Tarion such as this by Dr. Nancy Lee
- June 23, 2020 CPBH Bill 159 Tarion Supplemental Package Part B
- June 23, 2020 CPBH Bill 159 Tarion Supplemental Package Part A
- June. 22, 2020 CPBH Bill 159 Tarion Presentation to the Standing Committee on General Government
- Properly Built Times Spring 2020 vol 15 no 2
- 2006-2019 Licence Appeal Tribunal Analysis
- Apr. 21, 2020 letter from NDP Critics Rakocevic and Burch to Ministers Clark and Thompson re inspections during Pandemic Apr. 21, 2020 Letter to Ministers Thompson and Clark – Rakocevic – Burch
- Mar. 2, 2020 Ontario Update Re Tarion Properly Built Times winter-spring 2020 vol 15 no 1 final
- Feb. 27, 2020 Orleans ON by-election – candidates statements re Tarion
- Jan 2020 Bill 159 Submission – OHBA
- Jan. 22, 2020 Bill 159 CPBH Package submitted to Standing Committee on Justice Policy
2019
- Dec. 16, 2019 The tragic case of Daniel Browne-Emery- From newly built homeowner to homeless to dying
- Dec. 5, 2019 Bill 159 – Rebuilding Consumer Confidence Act – Sections pertaining to Tarion
- Dec. 5, 2019 CPBH responds to ON Gov’t plans to address Tarion Dec. 5, 2019 CPBH response to Minister Thompson’s news release re Tarion
- Dec. 5, 2019 No more chances for Tarion – here’s an example of the ON Gov’t giving Tarion another chance – in 2008: Mar. 2008 Letter from Minister McMeekin to Tarion Chair and CEO –
- Nov. 24 2019 final CPBH Statement re Bill 145 Trust in Real Estate Services Act
- Nov. 24 2019 Final – response to MMAH re Building Code Services proposal
- Nov. 18, 2019 Final – letter to MPPs re Auditor General and Tarion
- Nov. 13, 2019 – CPBH applauds NDP announcement to get rid of the Tarion Warranty Corp. Tarion is beyond repair
- Nov. 3, 2019 – CPBH response to the Auditor of Ontario’s audit report re Tarion
- Oct. 30, 2019 – Auditor General of Ontario report re Tarion Oct. 2019 Auditor General of ON
- Aug 23, 2019 – Cardinal Creek meeting of Aug 13 2019
- Aug 21, 2019 – CBC update re Cardinal Creek homes with construction defects and CPBH meeting held Aug. 13 https://www.cbc.ca/news/
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Aug. 1, 2019 Open Letter PC MPPs re Justice Cunningham’s Review - July 2019 CPBH Tips Sheet on Going to the LAT
- July 18, 2019, CBC News, Laura Osman — Why your new home may come with a dirty, used furnace https://www.cbc.ca/
news/canada/ottawa/furnace- construction-1.5188006 - May 23, 2019 Final PC MPPs re Justice Cunningham’s report
- May 7, 2019 CPBH Deputation to the ON Government re Bill 100, Schedule 47 – Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act
- May 3, 2019 ON Government’s Announcement re Housing Supply Action Plan – Very disappointing
- Apr. 24, 2019 NDP commitment Rakocevic Tarion Letter
- CPBH’s Statement in response to Ontario Government’s announcement: Feb. 20, 2019 ON Government’s Announcement re Tarion Changes – Very disappointing
- Feb 24, 2019 In the wake of deadly Halifax blaze, fire professionals call for sprinklers in all new homes
- Province says it will fix ‘broken’ new home warranty program, may open Tarion up to competition Toronto Star, Feb. 20, 2019
- ON PC MPP Nicholls office is now circulating what appears to be a needless petition regarding Tarion. Here are a few questions/comments.
- Ontario Taking Action to Strengthen Protection for New Home Buyers https://news.ontario.ca/mgs/en/2019/02/ontario-taking-action-to-strengthen-protection-for-new-home-buyers.html
- Jan 11 2019 Developer behind cancelled Icona condos applies to build similar project on the same site
2018
- Dec 14 2018 Toronto Star McGibbon project officially cancelled
- Spring 2018 CPBH e-newsletter – Ontario Election Special Edition
- Party position: Ontario Election 2018 – from NDP – Feb. 1, 2018 letter from MPP Wayne Gates
- Party position: Ontario Election 2018 – from PC Party – Feb. 15, 2018 from MPP Jim McDonell
- Party Position: Ontario Election 2018 – from Trillium Party – Sept. 2017 from Leader Bob Yaciuk
- Party Position: Ontario Election 2018 – from Green Party – June 2017 – from Leader Mike Schreiner
- Party Position: Ontario Election 2018 – from Liberal Party
- Sept 27 2018 Toronto Star This condo developer collected millions in deposits — and hasn’t built anything
- Sept 19 2018 Toronto Star Condo buyers call for better protections as second major Vaughan condo project killed
- The Place that Fairness Forgot – Eleven years of analysis of homeowner outcomes at the LAT Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal/Tarion Report – 2006-2017
- April 25 2018 E-Mail to Ontario Attorney General Naqvi re the LAT
- Feb. 1, 2018 ON NDP Position statement re Tarion Warranty Corp.
- Feb. 1, 2018 Response from MGCS re FOI request re secret meetings concerning Tarion
- Jan. 29, 2018 Open Letter to Ontario Premier Wynne re Tarion & new legislation
2017
- Dec 23 2017 Toronto Star Justice of the peace slams Toronto Community Housing for latest fire code violation
- Dec. 13, 2017 – CPBH responds to the passing of Bill 166 re Tarion in the Ontario Legislature
- Nov. 20, 2017 CPBH President’s deputation to ON Standing Committee re Bill 166 and Tarion
- Nov 11 2017 Toronto Star Cancellation leaves buyers of pre-construction condos prices out of market
- Daniel Emery’s photo referred to in Nov. 20, 2017 CPBH President’s deputation to ON Standing Committee re Bill 166 and Tarion.
- Oct 5 2017 Toronto Star Province to fast-track settlement of Tarion home warranty claims
- Ontario Election 2018 – from Trillium Party – Sept. 2017 from Leader Bob Yaciuk
- Sept. 12, 2017 – Report for Ontario Attorney General Naqvi re Process Issues at the LAT
- Aug. 25, 2017, NDP Critic MPP Gates’ letter to Minister MacCharles re Tarion Review
- Aug. 2017 – PC Critic McDonell calls on Minister to bring forward the results of Justice Cunningham’s work to the ON Legislature
- July 2017 – ON homeowners have lost confidence in the LAT to resolve new home warranty disputes: 2006-2017 analysis
- June 23 2017 Toronto Star Death toll from on-reserve fires rises to 175 after death of First Nations elder
- Ontario Election 2018 – from Green Party – June 2017 – from Leader Mike Schreiner
- Ontario Government has established a “New Home Warranty Program Renewal Working Group“. Members are required to work on a confidential basis.
- 2017 CARST liability letter to municipalities final may 30
- Apr. 27, 2017 – CPBH and the Shuman Family announce Dr. Earl Shuman Memorial Award
- Mar. 28, 2017 – ON – Justice Cunningham’s Tarion Review recommendations + Action Plan
2016
- 2016 Radon Letter to CARST from Fasken Martineau-1
- Dec. 2016 – Justice Cunningham makes 37 recommendations to radically overhaul ON’s new home warranty
- CPBH deputation re ON Bill 59 – Home Inspections
- Dec. 2016 Update on Canada’s National Housing Strategy and the need to meet Building Codes
- April 2016 — Damaged During Construction, Plumbing and HVAC, The voice of Canada’s mechanical industry, https://plumbingandhvac.ca
- Jan. 2016 Windsor ON News – Tarion review “long time coming”
- Feb. 1, 2016 Cdn Press – First Nations housing called “ticking time bomb” in Manitoba
- Feb. 19, 2016 CBC – Developer sold Ajax homes 5 years ago, hid reason for building delay
- Mar. 12, 2016 Toronto Sun – Bizarre ban at PEO
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