Organization
REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (REALPAC)
- Meetings this Parliament
- 14
- With MPs
- 1
- Since Nov 2021
- 53
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 17, 2026.
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.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Mar 9, 2026
Filed by S. Michael Brooks, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- Michael Brooks · Chief Executive Officer
- Nancy Anderson · Chief Financial Officer
Institutions they may lobby: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
What they're lobbying on (16)Hide details
- Advocacy related to the contents of the fall 2026 Budget 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 - extension of the federal GST rebate on new homes for sale - possible financing tools to encourage new housing development - technical amendments to the EIFEL rules for purpose-built rental - encouraging foreign investment and speeding up development approval timelines - Updating the National Housing Strategy - Other recommendations for encouraging affordable housing supply.
- 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.
- Providing input on the implementation of the Public Surplus Lands for Homes program that was announced in the Budget 2024.
- Working with Natural Resources Canada and Finance Canada to create a robust Sustainable Development Strategy for Commercial Real Estate in Canada
- 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”))
- Discussions with the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities on the development of the Renters' Bill of Rights announced in the 2024 Budget
- 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 Environment and Climate Change Canada relating to their Clean Electricity Regulations.
- 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 government's Budget 2024 proposal to increase the Capital Gains Inclusion Rate from one-half to two-thirds for corporations and trusts, and from one-half to two-thirds on the portion of capital gains realized in the year that exceed $250,000 for individuals, and in each case for capital gains realized on or after June 25, 2024.
- 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.
- Advocacy relating to the 2024 Federal Budget proposal to temporarily provide accelerated CCA for new eligible purpose-built rental projects, increasing the CCA rate from 4% to 10%.
Registration 778918-621-53. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by S. Michael Brooks · In-house (organization)
- Bonita Zarrillo · MP, House of Commons
HousingTaxation and Finance
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Reported by S. Michael Brooks · In-house (organization)
- Jenny Kwan · Jenny Kwan, MP
HousingTaxation and Finance
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Reported by S. Michael Brooks · In-house (organization)
- Ahmed Hussen · Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
- Hursh Jaswal · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
HousingTaxation and Finance
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.