CMRAO Blog

The CMRAO receives a number of questions from condo managers related to proxies and proxy forms. 

A proxy is a person who has been appointed to represent an owner or mortgagee at a condo-corporation meeting of owners. A valid proxy must be appointed using a proxy form now available on the Condominium Authority of Ontario website.

In general, a code of ethics is a written set of rules that help people and organizations understand the difference between right and wrong, which they can then apply to their decision making.

Every year licensees must pay an annual licence fee to renew their CMRAO licence. 

So where do these licensing fees go? 

The CMRAO was created to protect the public’s interest in Ontario’s rapidly growing condominium sector. Nearly 50% of the new homes being built in Ontario are condominium units, and they represent large investments as financial assets and as places where people make their homes. 

The CMRAO’s licensing and compliance team is made up of a group of highly knowledgeable individuals. Our coordinators are trained in condominium law and work with condominium legislation daily when gathering information about complaint files and explaining licensing requirements with licensees and potential applicants.

We receive many questions about whether licensees will receive a laminated licence card in the mail for the 2019–20 licensing year. 

The CMRAO receives a number of inquiries related to records management. Creating, maintaining, and accessing records is an essential function in any business or organization. Record-keeping is important, and in the condominium industry specifically, records enable accountability between condo managers and their clients, and between condo managers and the CMRAO. 

In November 2018, the Minister of Government and Consumer Services announced new continuing education requirements for General Licensees who completed their education and examination requirements prior to November 1, 2017. These condo managers were required to successfully complete the continuing education program in order to renew their General Licence in 2019. Continuing education was a requirement for General Licensees as part of the 2019 licence renewal process.