Toronto Sun
Barbara Captijn
Publishing · On our record since 2019
Where this writer stands
Housing2 pieces
Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“The cooling-off period is needed to level the playing field between developers who write these contracts and have their own legal and financial resources, versus the individual consumer who usually sees this type of contract for the first time.” Read the piece
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“So many modern-day tragedies have followed this, and serve as a constant reminder that public safety rules are only as strong as their enforcement.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- CAPTIJN: HCRA Fail: Ontario’s new home watchdog gets failing grade — and nothing’s changedOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 13, 2026
- CAPTIJN: Why can't Ontario policymakers get it right on consumer protection for new home buyers?Opinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 31, 2026
- CAPTIJN: Why we need effective regulatorsOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 14, 2025
- CAPTIJN: Ontario needs choice in new-home warrantiesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Apr 30, 2025
- CAPTIJN: Why I became a consumer advocate for new-home buyersOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 9, 2025
- CAPTIJN: Illegal building problematic in Ontario for decades, must be stoppedOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 25, 2024
- CAPTIJN: Want to sell more new homes? Listen to consumersOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jun 16, 2024
- CAPTIJN: New home buyers flounder in complex legislationOpinion · Toronto Sun · Feb 23, 2024
- CAPTIJN: Consumer protection anyone? Have some crumbsOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 14, 2023
- CAPTIJN: Give new home buyers a voice at the policy tableOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 23, 2023
- CAPTIJN: Bizarre proposals for new home contractsOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jul 31, 2023
- CAPTIJN: Government agency has lost its wayOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jun 16, 2023
- CAPTIJN: The time for a standard new home purchase contract is nowOpinion · Toronto Sun · Apr 29, 2023
- OPINION: Ontario's new builder regulator off to weak startOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 27, 2023
- CAPTIJN: Pre-construction new homes sales in Ontario the Wild WestOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 9, 2022
- CAPTIJN: Another missed opportunity -- Tarion's annual public meetingOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jul 16, 2022
- CAPTIJN: A consumer protection law would benefit all OntariansOpinion · Toronto Sun · Mar 9, 2022
- CAPTIJN: Consumer protection lacking in Ontario new home developmentOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 14, 2021
- CAPTIJN: Secrecy, mediation, and access to justiceOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jun 30, 2021
- CAPTIJN: Regulatory agencies should protect the consumer, not the industryOpinion · Toronto Sun · Feb 4, 2021
- CAPTIJN: Ontario courtrooms aren't the answer to new-home defectsOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 13, 2020
- CAPTIJN: Public needs more say on new-home warrantiesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 30, 2020
- CAPTIJN: The sad state of consumer protection laws in OntarioOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jul 26, 2020
- CAPTIJN: Missed opportunity to fix a broken systemOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jul 5, 2020
- OPINION: Fox promises to better guard the hen houseOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 31, 2019