CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Teresa Sheward — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Mark V. Lewis — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Structuring Joint Ventures and Partnerships (9:10 – 10:10)

• what is the right entity to choose?
• passive investment properties vs. development properties
• do you need a shareholders agreement?
• how many management agreements is too many?
• events of default and liquidity rights
• stalemate protections
• what to do when one partner/joint venturer is in financial distress

Jim M.J. Alam — Koffman Kalef LLP, Vancouver
Carmine Boskovich — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Maxwell P. Carroll — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Jordan Langlois — Kornfeld LLP, Vancouver
Mark V. Lewis — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:10 – 10:25)

Investment Restrictions and Vacancy Taxes and the Impacts on Developers (10:25 – 11:10)

• Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act 
• Property Transfer Tax Act
• Speculation and Vacancy Tax Act
• Underused Housing Tax Act
• Empty Homes Tax Bylaw

Mark V. Lewis — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Shauna Towriss — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver

Legislative Update: New Legislation and Implications (11:10 – 12:00)

• Mortgage Service Act—how will it impact your clients?
• Strata Property Act—contingency reserve fund contributions and rental restrictions
• Money Services Business Act—a new world of regulation
• Real Estate Development Market Act Policy Statements 
• Property Law Act—what is a cooling down period and when does it apply?
• Bill 32 (Canada) and trust account reporting 

Lisa A. Frey — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

NETWORKING LUNCH (provided to in-person registrants) (12:00 – 1:00)

Working with BC Housing and CMHC (1:00 – 1:45)

• what are the types of transactions in which BC Housing is involved?
• what are the requirements that BC Housing seeks from non-profit borrowers or project proponents?
• what are the requirements that BC Housing seeks from private developers?

Susan Do — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver
Mike Walker — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver

Expropriation Update (1:45 – 2:30)

• expropriation primer
• Annapolis Group Inc. v. Halifax Regional Municipality, 2022 SCC 36—what does it mean for expropriation cases?
• what are the broader implications for development post-Annapolis?

James Goulden, KC — Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Vancouver
Michael Moll — Civic Legal LLP, Vancouver
Phong Phan — Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria

BREAK (2:30 – 2:45)

Development on First Nations Lands (2:45 – 3:30)

• the ABC's of development on First Nation land
• searches and due diligence
• leasing and development strategies and tips
• comparison of First Nation land regimes

John Doolan — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Jean Yuen — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver

Complex Issues for Urban Developments (3:30 – 4:30)

• pre-incorporation agreements post-Crystal Square
• negotiating agreements that accommodate electric vehicles
• sections vs. air space parcels in light of the Abstract decision
• parking leases—to register or not to register (a lease or an option)?
• construction easements—what is the current practice post-OSED Howe Street?
  • trespass vs. nuisance
  • is a licence enough?
  • use of reciprocal agreements
  • how much to pay?
  • City of Vancouver requirements

Wil Chan — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Bradley Cronquist — Pushor Mitchell LLP, Kelowna
Alexander Fane — Sampson Davie Fane Volpiana LLP, Vancouver
Mark V. Lewis — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Alexander L.F. Mackoff — Terra Law Corporation, Vancouver