Legislative Newsflash: Ontario Extends Time for Virtual Meetings and Voting and also Orders Stay-at-Home

The Ontario government issued a new emergency stay-at-home order effective from April 8, 2021, due to the increase in COVID-19 transmission and the spread of new variants. The order requires people to stay at home for essential purposes only and includes a moratorium on residential evictions. Additionally, the government introduced regulatory amendments that extend the deadline for condominium corporations to hold virtual meetings and allow electronic voting without a bylaw. Condo corporations now have until December 31, 2021, to conduct virtual owners' meetings, implement electronic voting, serve notices electronically, and hold virtual board meetings, even without a specific bylaw.