ACMO is 40 Decade Three: Steady Growth Continues 1998–2007

NEW Continuing Education Requirements for Condo Manager General Licence Renewal in 2019

The June provincial election in Ontario resulted in a majority Progressive Conservative government. Todd Smith, MPP for Bay of Quinte, has been named Minister of Government and Consumer Services as well as Government House Leader. ACMO looks forward to working closely with Minister Smith on issues of importance to our members.

Across the country, Canadian consumers have legal rights that cover the most common consumer transactions including product purchases, many service contracts and other basic and big-ticket business dealings. Consumers who are unsatisfied with certain purchases they have made, or who feel they may have been ripped off or wronged by a vendor or business, can lodge formal complaints at both the federal and provincial levels.

The cornerstone of ACMO is education. Since its inception in 1977, the focus of ACMO’s board of directors has been to educate new and seasoned condominium managers so that these information-hungry individuals could carry out their duties on a professional level. 

The Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario (CMRAO) has begun to issue licences for individual condominium managers and for management companies. We understand that the licences issued at this time reflect the applications received in November.

It was back in 1984 that the first class of seventeen RCMs graduated with their hard-earned Registered Condominium Manager designation. 

In response to feedback received from the condominium industry, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services continues to hear about changes to the prescribed forms, either to make them more user-friendly or to correct issues in content or end use.

The focus of this edition of CM magazine is Managing Life. And for two managers this means fighting the good fight on behalf of their boards, residents and owners. Two managers have recently been in the news for their efforts to effect change.

On a beautiful spring afternoon in April, a horrific van attack occurred on Yonge Street in a busy commercial and residential area of north Toronto.