Canadian Home Builders' Association
Registration:
28
of
53
(2015-06-02
to
2015-11-23)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Continued financial support for Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) activities under the R-2000 program
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Support for housing research, analysis and demonstration projects on topics of priority interest to the residential construction industry, e.g., on housing market trends
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Amendment of the Excise Tax Act to adopt a permanent home renovation GST rebate
- 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
- 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
- Modernize Tax Treatment of Joint Ventures in Residential Constructyion
Policies or Program
- Develop a next-generation energy rating system to replace EnerGuide
- 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
- Ensure that increased energy efficiency requirements under the model National Building Code follow proper protocols prior to adoption
- 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
- Greenhouse gas emissions policy with regard to including residential sector savings in any cap-and-trade program and associated compensation arrangements
- Oppose Canada Post fee for post boxes in new residential developments
- 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
- 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
- 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
Policies or Program, Regulation
- 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
- Rigorously enforce provisions of the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act in relation to combating the underground "cash economy".