Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
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Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications
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Intended Outcomes
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Associated Subject Matters
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Advocacy regarding changes to taxation and housing policies to improve housing affordability in the province
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- Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
- Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
- Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Housing, Industry, Infrastructure, Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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A permanent housing roundtable with representatives from the federal, provincial and municipal governments, as well as civil society and industry
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- Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Housing
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Combatting fraud in the real estate sector through enhanced enforcement efforts and collaboration with the mortgage industry and federal government. This includes supporting the mortgage industry and others in the request to the federal government for CRA-enabled income verification in mortgage applications as a means of fighting mortgage document fraud.
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- Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
- Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
- Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Financial Institutions
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Increase to the property transfer tax threshold for first time home buyers
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- Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Consumer Issues, Housing
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