Direct confrontation
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
—Admiral David Farragut

Most of the time, at some point, you have not kept your opinions to yourself so the manager and the board have identified you as a disgruntled owner or director. You can expect to receive little or no cooperation from them especially if they perceive you as a political threat.

They now know that you are actively trying to remove them from the board.

Keep your nose clean
It is extremely important that you give the manager and the board no excuse to fault your behaviour. Follow all the provisions of the declaration, by-laws, policies and the rules to the letter. Never threaten, raise your voice, swear or act in any way but civil towards the board members, the manager and all persons working at the building. If you do, they will use it against you: be sure of that.

Never park your car in the visitor's parking lot, don't ask the directors questions about the condo in the common elements or knock on their unit doors or they can say you are interfering with their quiet enjoyment of their units or common elements.

Legal action
Most importantly, never, never, never threaten or even hint that you may take the board to court or even suggest that you have retained a lawyer who specializes in condominium law.

Once you do that, they have an excuse not to give you any information or allow you to examine any of the corporation’s records and they may be able to declare that since you are planning litigation against the corporation, you are illegible to run for a position on the board.

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