Jan 1, 2024 | COCA News, Construction Act, Prompt Payment
At the Annual General Meeting of the Toronto Construction Association held on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Attorney General Doug Downey announced that the Government has engaged construction lawyer Duncan Glaholt to conduct a review of the Construction Act. Glaholt is...
Dec 7, 2022 | Advocacy, COCA News, Prompt Payment
Prompt Payment and Adjudication rules took effect on Oct. 1, 2019, and apply to all construction projects, with few exceptions. COCA has developed resources for COCA’s members to share with their members. A comprehensive social media and marketing campaign to promote...
May 28, 2020 | Advocacy, COCA News, Construction Act, Prompt Payment
Prompt Payment Ontario’s Ontario Construction Act Trade Contractors Guide authored by Geza R Banfai, Counsel, McMillan LLP, with the assistance of Imran Sheikh (McMillan LLP) and Sandra Skivsky (Ontario Masonry Contractors’ Association on behalf of Prompt...
Oct 1, 2019 | Construction Act, Prompt Payment
October 1, 2019 10:00 A.M. Ministry of the Attorney General Today, Doug Downey, Attorney General of Ontario, issued the following statement: “Our government is pleased to announce the full implementation of Canada’s first-ever prompt payment regime and a...
Sep 23, 2019 | Construction Act, Prompt Payment
On-Site Magazine | by Catherine DiMarco The new prompt payment provisions under section I.1 of Ontario’s Construction Act (formerly called the Construction Lien Act) are scheduled to come in to effect on October 1, at the same time as Part II.1, which includes the...
Sep 4, 2019 | Construction Act, Industry News, Prompt Payment
September 3, 2019 | On-SiteCanada’s Construction MagazineBy Sandra Skivsky. Sandra is the Chair with National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada and the Director of Marketing and Business Development for the Canada Masonry Centre. Construction is mostly a...