by Chris Seepe | Aug 24, 2021 | Featured
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a federal election for Monday, September 20, in the middle of various COVID-19 lockdowns to force millions of Canadians to go out to the polls to vote, or perhaps in anticipation that many citizens wouldn’t go out to vote....
by Christopher Alexander | Oct 30, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
From a housing perspective, it was an interesting and enlightening 40 days leading up to Canada’s 2019 federal election. Justin Trudeau’s new mandate was far from a landslide win, resulting in a Liberal minority government at the helm. This means Liberals will need...
by REM Editorial Team | May 27, 2019 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
Re: Is it time for CREA to hire a lobbyist? The myths presented in the letter are erroneous. We don’t host cocktail parties. We have made over a dozen submissions on FINTRAC. We advocate regularly on the stress test. When it comes to lobbying expertise, CREA is ranked...
by REM Editorial Team | May 23, 2019 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
Some of you may have read my letter to the editor, regarding the stress (me out) test and CREA’s advocacy efforts to change it. It received some commentary from across the country, including some directly to my email. The opinions of the commenters ran roughly like...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 20, 2017 | Boards & Associations, News
The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board (GMREB) is unhappy that the recent federal budget had few housing initiatives. The board says it would have liked to see more concrete commitments regarding tax measures relating to housing, in particular to improve the Home...
