On April 13, 2020, the Director of Titles for the Province of Ontario issued a notice to the Ontario Expropriations Association clarifying expropriation best practices in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic. Although the electronic land registration system remains fully operational and many physical Land Registry Offices remain open for the filing of expropriations, [...]

In response to the COVID-19 health implications, on March 17, 2020 the Ontario Government made an emergency order under section 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, suspending limitation periods and procedural deadlines in Ontario proceedings (“Emergency Order”), retroactive to March 16, 2020. The implications of 7.1 (2) of the Emergency Order are [...]