by REM Editorial Team | Jan 25, 2018 | Letters to the Editor
In response to “CREA president Andrew Peck on the state of the real estate industry”: I might suggest you re-interview Andrew Peck. Andrew Peck says, “There are a few (Realtors) who will chirp and say this is terrible and I don’t think they...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 24, 2018 | Boards & Associations, Featured, Profiles
Chances are that as you are reading this, Gary Simonsen and his wife Kathy are basking in the sun in Thailand or taking in the sights in Singapore. Days after formally retiring from his duties as CEO of CREA, the couple got on a plane for a two-month tour of the far...
by Jim Adair | Jan 2, 2018 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News, Profiles
In addition to his duties criss-crossing the country as president of CREA this year, Andrew Peck found time to get married – twice. “To the same partner,” he says quickly. The couple was going to have a third ceremony at their vacation home in Florida, but after...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 6, 2017 | Boards & Associations
WinnipegRealtors was presented with CREA’s Outstanding PAC Team Award at PAC Days in Ottawa recently. The board has embraced a team concept to reach out to their nine assigned MPs to advocate issues of importance to Realtors. The local PAC (political affairs...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 30, 2017 | Boards & Associations
Michael Bourque has accepted the role of chief executive officer of CREA, effective later this year. Bourque is currently the CEO at the Railway Association of Canada (RAC). He has 30 years of experience in public policy roles on Parliament Hill, as a senior federal...