by Gerald Tostowaryk | Feb 24, 2026 | Columnists
Camino De Santiago sign (Canva) Like thousands of other people, after watching the movie The Way with Martin Sheen, I decided to walk the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James, often shortened to just the Way) last fall, purportedly the route he took as he...
by Gerald Tostowaryk | Jan 29, 2025 | Columnists
I set out to write an article on the contradictions and complexities of dual agency (sometimes referred to as double ending a deal) in real estate but in reviewing the different court cases and literature, I soon had so many thoughts on paper that I decided to make it...
by Gerald Tostowaryk | Nov 21, 2024 | Columnists
Ethics is a cornerstone of the real estate profession, but the question of authority—who decides what is ethical?—is one that continues to challenge us. As professionals held to high ethical standards, we must ask: Who determines these standards, and what gives them...
by Gerald Tostowaryk | Oct 11, 2024 | Columnists
No surprise to most of us, the Competition Bureau (CB) is investigating the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)’s MLS commission policy requiring a commission be paid to buyers’ agents, and the Cooperation Policy requiring all listings to be on the MLS within...
by Gerald Tostowaryk | Mar 20, 2024 | Columnists, Letters to the Editor
On February 22, REM published a well-researched and well-argued article about the public outcry against ever-increasing property taxes. One small, innocuous phrase that says so much caught my attention: The Montreal mayor was quoted as stating we are facing...
