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Lobbying by Canadian Home Builders' Association: 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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Organization

Canadian Home Builders' Association

Meetings this Parliament
28
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
73
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 16, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 17, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Frank Lohmann, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Lobbyists

  • Emily Fielden · Communication & Policy Analyst
  • Evan Andrade · Economist
  • Natasha Rombough · Director, Marketing & Communications
  • Nicole Storeshaw · Director, Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Executive Assistant for Diane Ablonczy, MP (Calgary-Nose Hill), House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2001–2007)

    Formerly Constituency Assistant for Gurmant Grewal, MP (Surrey Central), House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2001–2001)

Institutions they may lobby: Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Post Corporation (CPC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (41)
  • To provide details on interprovincial trade and how they impact the home construction industry. Specifically, to discuss current challenges and barriers (such as building codes, differing interpretations from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and how that impacts housing affordability.)
  • To ask federal government to continue to apply pressure to provinces and municipalities to reduce development taxes and work with provinces and municipalities to mandate that alternatives to development taxes be found and used instead.
  • The role of Build Canada Homes and the impact upon housing needs in Canada and to ensure that market-rate housing policies are still pursued by the government in addition to the mandate of Build Canada Homes.
  • Implement CMHC Construction Financing, including low-interest financing for market-rate housing for ownership from the government, plus a new construction loan insurance program.
  • Discuss implications for the Canadian home construction sector surrounding proposed 25% tariffs from the United States.
  • Work with provinces to have the EnerGuide Rating System (ERS) label on all houses at the time of resale and expand ERS (and its software tools updated) and be promoted so that ERS becomes the backbone of all renovation incentives.
  • Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions.
  • Update the federal immigration system to proactively attract much-needed skilled workers in residential construction.
  • Update and index the thresholds for the GST New Housing Rebate.
  • Support voluntary programming initiatives like ENERGY STAR, R?2000 and CHBA’s Net Zero Home Labelling Program enable homeowners to choose higher levels of performance on a voluntary basis, moving the market forward without damaging affordability in entry?level homes.
  • Support Transit-Oriented Development, Complete Communities and the “Missing Middle” of Housing - To ensure that Canadians get maximum benefit from federal infrastructure investments, the Government needs to support increased supply in the “missing middle” – whether “gentle intensification” via secondary suites, conversion of larger units or medium-density low-rise mixed-income housing, in walkable communities with ready access to public transit.
  • Support local and provincial submissions to the Red Tape Reduction Commission to address issues associated with the Contract Payment Reporting System operated by the Canada Revenue Agency
  • Support for housing research, analysis and demonstration projects on topics of priority interest to the residential construction industry, e.g., on housing market trends
  • Seek Federal research on improved environmental guidelines for residential communities to determine more specifically their cost and technological implications for practitioners in the residential cosntruction and development industries
  • Rigorously enforce provisions of the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act in relation to combating the underground "cash economy".
  • Revise the tax regime to avoid GST being applied to new “purposebuilt” rental developments. This increases rents for tenants and renders the business model for investing in purpose-built rentals less attractive, hence discouraging the construction of affordable rental properties.
  • Revise tax rules for accessory suites, such as granny flats and laneway housing, as the current tax system, which incorporates land value rather than just construction costs, and is discouraging this important form of infill housing that is favoured by more and more municipalities. These innovative infill projects increase the number of affordable homes in established neighbourhoods.
  • Replacement of the Contract Payment Reporting System with an alternative that requires all participants in the construction industry to register for a Business Number with the CRA, and that pursues those engaging in cash-only transactions much more aggressively
  • Reintroduce 30-year amortization periods for insured residential mortgages for new construction.
  • Promote a federal YIMBY (yes in my backyard) campaign. New developments (especially densification and mixed income housing) are often met with local public opposition even when aligned with community plans. A national NIMBY-to-YIMBY campaign can facilitate a smoother transition into the communities of tomorrow.
  • OSFI Guidelines for Residential Mortgage Insurance Underwriting Practices and Procedures (B-20 and B-21) - attention to the long?term fundamentals of Canada’s housing system, as well as the impact on current markets and Canadians opportunity for homeownership, is an essential backdrop to any further federal policy or regulatory actions by the ensemble of agencies reporting to or through the Minister of Finance, and by the Department itself.
  • Opposition and modification of proposed changes to the tax treatment of privately held corporations.
  • Modify the Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline (B-20) - the "stress test" for both insured ad uninsured mortgages to reduce the test rate on a declining basis for 7- and 10-year mortgage terms.
  • Modernize Tax Treatment of Joint Ventures in Residential Constructyion
  • Increase and target federal investment in housing R&D to build better houses for the same price or less.
  • Greenhouse gas emissions policy with regard to including residential sector savings in any cap-and-trade program and associated compensation arrangements
  • Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.
  • Financial Institutions: Ensuring that regulations and guidelines relating to the Interest Act and mortgage financing do not create market distortions that undermine housing affordability and choice
  • Federal efforts via the Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) to combat money-laundering as they affect the residential construction industry to ensure that regulations can in fact be implemented given the many small businesses involved in the industry
  • Ensuring that the National Housing Strategy and the Poverty Reduction Strategy are coordinated, and address the entire housing continuum, from transitional and social housing right up into market-rate rental and homeownership.
  • Ensure that increased energy efficiency requirements under the model National Building Code follow proper protocols prior to adoption
  • Enhance R-2000 standard to reflect improvements in energy efficiency and water efficiency technologies, new building practices and technologies, and other factors that define R-2000 as the leading-edge home building standard
  • Develop a next-generation energy rating system to replace EnerGuide
  • Continued financial support for Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) activities under the R-2000 program, Net Zero Energy Ready and Net Zero Energy programs and Local Energy Efficiency Partnerships program.
  • Canada’s Housing Finance System - address stability concerns without causing damage to the residential construction industry or to the economy. Measures to cool markets can easily precipitate economic decline, triggering the very conditions they were intended to safeguard against.
  • Amendment to the Underused Housing Tax Act to remove the requirement that builders and developers from having to file a tax return (UT-2900) for newly constructed units when the units are already exempted from the tax.
  • Amendments to the Excise Tax Act to adopt the single threshold/full rebate model for the GST New Housing Rebate for both home ownership and rental housing
  • Amendments to Immigration Act with respect to transitional rules for some economic class immigrants, undocumented workers, and pass marks for those applying as immigrants to Canada as skilled people
  • Amendment of the Excise Tax Act to adopt a permanent home renovation GST rebate
  • Allow Net Zero and Net Zero Ready renovations to qualify for the GST/HST New Housing Rebate.
  • Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards.

Registration 965515-470-62. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Kevin Lee (66), Frank Lohmann (7).

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    • Philippa Wiens · Senior Program Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Kim Bauer · Regional Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    • Jean-Francois Houle · Vice-President, Engineering, National Research Council (NRC)
    • Thomas Ferguson · Director General, Engineering, National Research Council (NRC)
    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards.

    Official report

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards.

    Official report

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Brown · Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Glennys Egan · Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Ablett · Manager of stakeholder relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Elysee Atangana · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    To provide details on interprovincial trade and how they impact the home construction industry. Specifically, to discuss current challenges and barriers (such as building codes, differing interpretations from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and how that impacts housing affordability.) Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Sebastian Clarke · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Frank Lohmann · In-house (organization)

    • Daniel Robinson · Senior Director, Housing and Public Lands Policy, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Kayla Carleton · Policy advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Nirushaa Senthilnathan · Acting Senior Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Implement CMHC Construction Financing, including low-interest financing for market-rate housing for ownership from the government, plus a new construction loan insurance program. Read more

    Financial Institutions: Ensuring that regulations and guidelines relating to the Interest Act and mortgage financing do not create market distortions that undermine housing affordability and choice

    Canada’s Housing Finance System - address stability concerns without causing damage to the residential construction industry or to the economy. Measures to cool markets can easily precipitate economic decline, triggering the very conditions they were intended to safeguard against.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Sebastian Clarke · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Update the federal immigration system to proactively attract much-needed skilled workers in residential construction. Read more

    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Fox · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Amendments to the Excise Tax Act to adopt the single threshold/full rebate model for the GST New Housing Rebate for both home ownership and rental housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Lindsay Neeley · Interim Vice-President, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
    • Joel Allaert · Director, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
    • Neil Levecque · Vice-President, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
    • Tyler Horton · Senior Manager, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Mary-Liz Power · Director of Policy, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards. Read more

    To ask federal government to continue to apply pressure to provinces and municipalities to reduce development taxes and work with provinces and municipalities to mandate that alternatives to development taxes be found and used instead.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards. Read more

    OSFI Guidelines for Residential Mortgage Insurance Underwriting Practices and Procedures (B-20 and B-21) - attention to the long?term fundamentals of Canada’s housing system, as well as the impact on current markets and Canadians opportunity for homeownership, is an essential backdrop to any further federal policy or regulatory actions by the ensemble of agencies reporting to or through the Minister of Finance, and by the Department itself.

    Update the federal immigration system to proactively attract much-needed skilled workers in residential construction.

    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions.

    Amendment of the Excise Tax Act to adopt a permanent home renovation GST rebate

    Revise tax rules for accessory suites, such as granny flats and laneway housing, as the current tax system, which incorporates land value rather than just construction costs, and is discouraging this important form of infill housing that is favoured by more and more municipalities. These innovative infill projects increase the number of affordable homes in established neighbourhoods.

    Support Transit-Oriented Development, Complete Communities and the “Missing Middle” of Housing - To ensure that Canadians get maximum benefit from federal infrastructure investments, the Government needs to support increased supply in the “missing middle” – whether “gentle intensification” via secondary suites, conversion of larger units or medium-density low-rise mixed-income housing, in walkable communities with ready access to public transit.

    The role of Build Canada Homes and the impact upon housing needs in Canada and to ensure that market-rate housing policies are still pursued by the government in addition to the mandate of Build Canada Homes.

    Modify the Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline (B-20) - the "stress test" for both insured ad uninsured mortgages to reduce the test rate on a declining basis for 7- and 10-year mortgage terms.

    Update and index the thresholds for the GST New Housing Rebate.

    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Fox · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    OSFI Guidelines for Residential Mortgage Insurance Underwriting Practices and Procedures (B-20 and B-21) - attention to the long?term fundamentals of Canada’s housing system, as well as the impact on current markets and Canadians opportunity for homeownership, is an essential backdrop to any further federal policy or regulatory actions by the ensemble of agencies reporting to or through the Minister of Finance, and by the Department itself. Read more

    Update and index the thresholds for the GST New Housing Rebate.

    Support Transit-Oriented Development, Complete Communities and the “Missing Middle” of Housing - To ensure that Canadians get maximum benefit from federal infrastructure investments, the Government needs to support increased supply in the “missing middle” – whether “gentle intensification” via secondary suites, conversion of larger units or medium-density low-rise mixed-income housing, in walkable communities with ready access to public transit.

    Modify the Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline (B-20) - the "stress test" for both insured ad uninsured mortgages to reduce the test rate on a declining basis for 7- and 10-year mortgage terms.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Wayne Long · Secretary of State, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Update the federal immigration system to proactively attract much-needed skilled workers in residential construction. Read more

    Support Transit-Oriented Development, Complete Communities and the “Missing Middle” of Housing - To ensure that Canadians get maximum benefit from federal infrastructure investments, the Government needs to support increased supply in the “missing middle” – whether “gentle intensification” via secondary suites, conversion of larger units or medium-density low-rise mixed-income housing, in walkable communities with ready access to public transit.

    Modify the Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline (B-20) - the "stress test" for both insured ad uninsured mortgages to reduce the test rate on a declining basis for 7- and 10-year mortgage terms.

    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions.

    Amendment of the Excise Tax Act to adopt a permanent home renovation GST rebate

    OSFI Guidelines for Residential Mortgage Insurance Underwriting Practices and Procedures (B-20 and B-21) - attention to the long?term fundamentals of Canada’s housing system, as well as the impact on current markets and Canadians opportunity for homeownership, is an essential backdrop to any further federal policy or regulatory actions by the ensemble of agencies reporting to or through the Minister of Finance, and by the Department itself.

    Rigorously enforce provisions of the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act in relation to combating the underground "cash economy".

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Support Transit-Oriented Development, Complete Communities and the “Missing Middle” of Housing - To ensure that Canadians get maximum benefit from federal infrastructure investments, the Government needs to support increased supply in the “missing middle” – whether “gentle intensification” via secondary suites, conversion of larger units or medium-density low-rise mixed-income housing, in walkable communities with ready access to public transit. Read more

    The role of Build Canada Homes and the impact upon housing needs in Canada and to ensure that market-rate housing policies are still pursued by the government in addition to the mandate of Build Canada Homes.

    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards.

    Update the federal immigration system to proactively attract much-needed skilled workers in residential construction.

    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions.

    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State for Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Update the federal immigration system to proactively attract much-needed skilled workers in residential construction. Read more

    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards. Read more

    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Jennifer McKelvie · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards. Read more

    Update and index the thresholds for the GST New Housing Rebate.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Ana Bailao · CEO, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    The role of Build Canada Homes and the impact upon housing needs in Canada and to ensure that market-rate housing policies are still pursued by the government in addition to the mandate of Build Canada Homes. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Coleen Volk · President and CEO, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
    Amendments to the Excise Tax Act to adopt the single threshold/full rebate model for the GST New Housing Rebate for both home ownership and rental housing Read more

    Implement CMHC Construction Financing, including low-interest financing for market-rate housing for ownership from the government, plus a new construction loan insurance program.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Mary-Elizabeth Power · Director of Policy, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Sanjana Shah · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Ensure that increased energy efficiency requirements under the model National Building Code follow proper protocols prior to adoption Read more

    Financial Institutions: Ensuring that regulations and guidelines relating to the Interest Act and mortgage financing do not create market distortions that undermine housing affordability and choice

    Adopt affordability as a core objective of the National Building Code and to all related standards.

    Amendment of the Excise Tax Act to adopt a permanent home renovation GST rebate

    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions.

    Modify the Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline (B-20) - the "stress test" for both insured ad uninsured mortgages to reduce the test rate on a declining basis for 7- and 10-year mortgage terms.

    OSFI Guidelines for Residential Mortgage Insurance Underwriting Practices and Procedures (B-20 and B-21) - attention to the long?term fundamentals of Canada’s housing system, as well as the impact on current markets and Canadians opportunity for homeownership, is an essential backdrop to any further federal policy or regulatory actions by the ensemble of agencies reporting to or through the Minister of Finance, and by the Department itself.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Andre Baril · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Katharine Wright · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Government policies to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in the skilled trades and support the apprenticeship system.

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Francesco Sorbara · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Amendments to the Excise Tax Act to adopt the single threshold/full rebate model for the GST New Housing Rebate for both home ownership and rental housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Fox · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Amendments to the Excise Tax Act to adopt the single threshold/full rebate model for the GST New Housing Rebate for both home ownership and rental housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Kevin Lee · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Working with the home construction industry to support innovation and capital investment to increase industry productivity both for in-site built approaches and factory-built solutions. Read more

    Increase and target federal investment in housing R&D to build better houses for the same price or less.

    Amendments to the Excise Tax Act to adopt the single threshold/full rebate model for the GST New Housing Rebate for both home ownership and rental housing

    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.