On May 23, 2024, Toronto City Council overwhelmingly passed a motion which purported to revolutionize the way commercial leasing is handled in the City…

The previous segment in this series summarized a landlord's options to respond to a tenant's breach of a commercial lease. In addition to considering what option to exercise...

On May 25, 2020, the Government of Canada announced that applications are being accepted for the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program.

The Court of Appeal continues to signal that common sense – viewed through the lens of what is commercially reasonable – should prevail when interpreting business agreements.

For decades, thousands of Canadians have owned cottages on land leased from First Nations. Many have bought, sold, renovated, and passed these properties down through generations, often treating them much like any other cottage.

The Federal Government recently unveiled new relief measures for qualifying organizations adversely impacted by COVID-19. This new program was announced on October 9, 2020...

[Update: September 21, 2023] A bill has been put forward in the House of Commons to implement the expanded new residential rental rebate. The bill is available on Parliament's website.

This column normally features a case that is interesting because of its quirkiness, which can include unusual facts, or a novel legal issue.

To read more about the difference between Interim Occupancy and Final Closing, please read a previous article written by our firm here.

Commercial landlords often try to maintain as much flexibility with their tenants as possible in order to allow themselves the opportunity to redevelop their properties in the future.

On December 8, 2020, the Ontario government passed Bill 229, Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020, an omnibus budget bill (Bill 229).

Manitoba is a taking the provincial lead in the "public interest" that there should not be any restrictions, either directly or indirectly that restricts the use of land for a grocery store or a supermarket.

Short-Term Rentals ("STR"), commonly just bed and breakfasts, have been all the craze over the past decade or so with the advent of Airbnb, Vrbo, and the like, surviving the pandemic...

The Ontario government recently announced the province-wide Stay-at-Home order ("Order") that has taken effect pursuant to section 7.0.1(1)

The Ontario government enacted the PSBA, effective June 18, 2020, which amended Ontario's Commercial Tenancies Act and created greater incentive for commercial landlords to participate in CECRA for small business program ...

Commercial mortgage lending for retail properties in Ontario has become increasingly complex as the retail sector faces transformative market pressures.

On March 19, 2020, two days after announcing a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ontario moved to temporarily protect residential tenants from eviction.

Further to our article from July 17, 2020, the provincial government has released requirements of the new repayment framework applicable to residential tenants with outstanding rent from April to August.

Since the publication of our blog, Tenants Beware: The Risks of Landlord Tax Liabilities, draft legislation released by the Department of Finance on August 12, 2024...

In November of 2021, the Ontario Government released its Fall Economic Statement. In the section entitled "Property Tax Stability and Competitiveness," the government stated...