Enregistrement - Lobbyistes-conseils

Objets

• Affaires autochtones
• Budget
• Développement régional
• Emploi et formation
• Énergie
• Environnement
• Immigration
• Impôts et finances
• Industrie
• Infrastructure
• Institutions financières
• Justice et application des lois
• Logement
• Petites entreprises
• Questions touchant les consommateurs
• Santé
• Sciences et technologies
• Transports
• Travail

Détails sur l'objet

Politique ou Programme

• 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

Politique ou Programme, Règlement

• 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".

Politique ou Programme, Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier

• Support for housing research, analysis and demonstration projects on topics of priority interest to the residential construction industry, e.g., on housing market trends

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• 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

Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier

• Continued financial support for Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) activities under the R-2000 program

Techniques de communication

• Communication écrite
• Communication orale

Institutions gouvernementales

• Agence du revenu du Canada (ARC)
• Bureau du Conseil privé (BCP)
• Cabinet du Premier ministre (CPM)
• Centre d'analyse des opérations et déclarations financières du Canada (CANAFE)
• Chambre des communes
• Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada
• Conseil national de recherches (CNRC)
• Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC)
• Environnement Canada
• Finances Canada (FIN)
• Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
• Industrie Canada
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Ressources naturelles Canada (RNCan)
• Santé Canada (SC)
• Service correctionnel du Canada (SCC)
• Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (SCHL)
• Société canadienne des postes (SCP)
• Statistique Canada (StatCan)
• Transports Canada (TC)

Institutions gouvernementales ajoutées par l'intermédiaire d'un rapport mensuel de communication

• Défense nationale (MDN)
• Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada (SCT)

Adresse :
150 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 500
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5J4
Canada

Numéro de téléphone : 613-230-3060  Poste 222
Numéro de fax : 613-232-8214  

Représentant du client

Kevin Lee, Chief Executive Officer

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