As a British Columbian outsider I am utterly disgusted reading this article on the plight of the Shuman's. I have a great deal of difficulty comprehending how a certain percentage of performance value or work disqualifies a claim for sub-standard workmanship or materials.
Okay, so it is none of my business poking my BC nose into how the Ontario homeowner protection system is structured, or what the legislation and justice allows.
Well maybe it is my business because precedence doesn't seem to have provincial boundaries. Furthermore, the first place other provinces look when reviewing their own homeowner protection is other parts of Canada, just like Nova Scotia is presently.
Perhaps that is why we have such ineffective homeowner protection models throughout Canada; same old, same old. In a day and age when all other industry globally measures quality in parts per billion, Canada's building code is still based on builders feebly trying to achieve minimum standards. More [...]
John in Port Moody
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