70,000 requests for help is an awful lot of letters. It makes one wonder how many people don't even bother to fight (or report) a system that favours the building industry rather than protect consumers?I suspect many of these requests never end up scored in the statistics collected by either the
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03/12/2008
It is now official that the planned 28 storey Brio building won't be offering, or blocking, any views soon.In their pre-sale glitz and glamour marketing, the Matsqui Group of Companies claimed to have "earned a sterling reputation in the building and development industry".If this is in fact true
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03/06/2008
The Ombudsman of Ontario has just announced an investigation into issues concerning the lack of consumer protection for newly built homes: http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/UploadFiles/File/MGCS-Tarion%20release%20Eng.pdf. "Our goal at the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services is to promote a fai
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03/04/2008
A few years ago the Bambu development on Vancouver Island was cancelled.When the plug was pulled on Riverbend last year, you might have thought that it would be big enough to get some real legislative changes made, especially after making national news: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story
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03/02/2008