Why was this report ignored?
“There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.”
—Ecclesiastes 1. 11

When the Ministry of Consumer Services went through a whole new process of reviewing the Condominium Act 1998, the Kealey report was completely ignored.

No one bothered to look it up, reviewed it to see what wisdom it contained. Yet, the "Experts" panel knew that it existed but no one asked to look at it.

The question is why? We can only guess.

Age
Maybe it was considered too old. The report was prepared in 1977 when condos were in existence for only ten years. Yet, the submissions that the owners made and the report's recommendations are still relevant today.

Focus on owners
Perhaps it was buried because the report focused on what the owners thought they needed and it did not cater primarily to the special interests; what the Ministry now calls "experts".

Section 56 & 57
Why the Ministry is considering introducing a dispute resolution procedure and a central register now when they threw a perfectly good one into the trash 14 years ago?

More fun to start fresh
It is always more fun to re-invent the wheel than to look at what was done in the past.

I wish I knew the answer to this.


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