Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) (14) · Finance Canada (FIN) (12) · Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) (12) · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) (7) · Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) (6) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (5)
In their own words
Advocacy related to the contents of the Spring Economic Statement and particularly initiatives related to federal housing policy and the environment. These include:
- discussions around reduction in development charges through federal grants to provinces and municipalities
- reduction in the federal GST on new homes for sale
- possible financing tools to encourage new housing development
- technical amendments to the EIFEL and accelerated capital cost allowance rules for purpose-built rental
- encouraging foreign investment and speeding up development approval timelines
- some questions around implications of the Cowichan decision in British Columbia and the Musqueam Rights Recognition Agreement on private property rights
- discussion around energy policy, decarbonization policy, and REIT legislation reform.
We are working with staff on Interest Deductibility Limits (the “Proposed Interest Rules”) as proposed in the 2021 federal budget and relating to our concern that the Proposed Interest Rules may unfairly impact Canadian real estate investors, relative to both investors in other Canadian industries and investors in foreign jurisdictions (most importantly the United States (“US”))
Advocacy related to Budget 2025, including taxation issues, issues relevant to public capital markets, issues related to housing and housing incentive programs, issues related to GST taxation, and issues related to programs to restart the housing sector.
Meetings from the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Canada does not require lobbyists to disclose what they spend, so there is no lobbying budget to report here — only the meetings they filed.