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Req # AF-2023-00007
I seek all records held by the CMHC on the topic of the decision to amend the ban on foreign home buyers (The Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act) which was announced on March 27, 2023. Include any records related to the impact of these amendments on Canada's real estate market, home prices, home sales and housing development/housing starts. Include emails. Exclude records in French. Exclude third-party consultations. Include any records prepared for the Housing Minister. Limit the search from March 13 to March 29, 2023. Exclude media monitoring.Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
September 2023
Req # AF-2023-00014
I am seeking electronic copies of all briefing notes, memos, reports, audits, reviews, and/or presentations (i.e. PowerPoint slides) that discuss challenges faced by Indigenous people and/or communities in accessing the "Indigenous Shelter and Transitional Housing Initiative" or that otherwise discuss the presence of barriers to accessing this aforementioned funding. For context, this is how CMHC describes its component of this funding: “CMHC will allocate $420 million over 5 years to support the construction of new shelters and transitional housing.” Here is a link: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/project-funding-and-mortgage-financing/funding-programs/all-funding-programs/shelter-and-transitional-housing-initiative-for-indigenous Please search CMHC records from November 30, 2020 – May 23, 2023.Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
September 2023
Req # AF-2023-00028
Copy of June 23, 2023, briefing note BM238426.Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
September 2023
Req # AF-2023-00033
Please provide all records of discussions (WhatsApp messages, emails, Microsoft Teams Messages, text messages, meeting minutes) between employees of the CMHC and Paul Kershaw (or other representatives of Generation Squeeze). Limit time frame from March 1st, 2023 to date of receipt of request (August 26, 2023). Remove duplicate email chains.Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
September 2023
Req # AF-2023-00034
Please provide all records of discussions (WhatsApp messages, emails, Microsoft Teams Messages, text messages, meeting minutes) or any equivalent records regarding a home equity tax proposal or study (also could be called an annual surtax on homes over a certain threshold). Search through electronic documents only, unless relevant documents do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Remove French version English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Limit time frame from January 1st, 2023 to date of receipt of request (August 26, 2023).Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
September 2023
Req # A-2022-00111
Briefings, correspondence and media documentation relating to the administrative monetary penalty imposed on Wealth One Bank of Canada for non-compliance with the PCMLTFAOrganization: Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
September 2023
Req # A-2023-00042
Emails and memos from FINTRAC executives containing the key words "organized crime" and "housing"within the same document in 2023.Organization: Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
September 2023
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Organization: Great Lakes Pilotage Authority Canada
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Toronto Port Authority
Req # AF-2022-00015
Please provide all records, files, and documents, including electronic correspondence and data, sent/rec'd by officials at SVP level and one rank below regarding or discussing the advocacy work mentioned in the story linked here: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cmhc-giving-200,000-more-to-home-equity-tax-advocates funded by CMHC and undertaken by the University of British Columbia’s Generation Squeeze/Professor Paul Kershaw. Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Limit timeframe of records from May 2, 2022 to the date this request is received. [June 29, 2022]Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
September 2022