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Lobbying by REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (REALPAC): its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (REALPAC)

Meetings this Parliament
2
With MPs
1
Since Nov 2021
2
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 17, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)2

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Apr 1, 2026

Consultant Avigail Rucker of Crestview Strategy

Consultant lobbyists

  • Avigail Rucker

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Statistics Canada (StatCan)

What they're lobbying on (13)
  • Advocacy with Environment and Climate Change Canada relating to their Clean Electricity Regulations.
  • 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”))
  • Providing input on the implementation of the Public Surplus Lands for Homes program that was announced in the Budget 2024.
  • Advocacy relating to the 2024 Federal Budget proposal to temporarily provide accelerated capital cost allowance (CCA) for new eligible purpose-built rental projects, increasing the CCA rate from 4% to 10%.
  • Advocacy related to Budget 2024 proposal to introduce a new anti-avoidance rule that will preclude a corporation from qualifying as a “mutual fund corporation” where it is controlled by or for the benefit of certain specified groups (which may be comprised of any combination of persons that do not deal with one another at “arm’s length”).
  • Advocacy related to Budget 2024 announcement that the government will consider introducing a new tax on residentially zoned vacant land
  • Advocating for policy proposals within Canada's Sustainable Development Strategy which would improve building energy efficiency.
  • Advocating for policy inclusions within annual budgets that improve the national commercial real estate markets. These include infrastructure enhancements, tax fairness, and energy efficiency grants.
  • Advocacy with the Department of Finance regarding Clean Technology Investment Tax Credits (applicability to real estate entities and program implementation)
  • Advocacy with Natural Resources Canada's regarding their Energy Star Portfolio Manager Program and Green Building Strategy.
  • Advocacy with CMHC, the Federal Housing Advocate, and the Ministry of Housing regarding affordable housing programs and policies
  • Advocacy relating to the government's possible proposal to impose an earnings-based interest deductibility limitation on Canadian corporations, including commercial real estate corporations and housing providers.
  • Advocacy relating to the creation of seniors' housing real estate investment trusts vehicles that would encourage institutional investment in seniors' housing similar to existing real estate investment trust models.

Registration 956463-381454-2. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Avigail Rucker · Consultant

    • Mary-Elizabeth Power · Director of Policy, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Advocating for policy inclusions within annual budgets that improve the national commercial real estate markets. These include infrastructure enhancements, tax fairness, and energy efficiency grants. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Avigail Rucker · Consultant

    • Caroline Desrochers · Parliamentary Secretary, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Advocacy with CMHC, the Federal Housing Advocate, and the Ministry of Housing regarding affordable housing programs and policies

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.