Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-02
Registrant: John DiMichele
Client: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
Targeted institutions:
House of Commons
Finance Canada (FIN)
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Acts: Financial Institutions
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Establishment of a permanent national housing roundtable to provide input on housing related issues
Policies and initiatives to encourage economic recovery in response to pandemic-related economic impacts
Mortgage Stress Test - Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Guideline B-20
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act - compliance obligations of  REALTORS(R)
Home Energy Retrofit Program, as proposed in Budget 2021
Proposed tax on foreign owned vacant properties, proposed in Budget 2021
Installation of traffic control signals at intersection of Don Mills Road and Kern Road, Toronto
Policies related to real estate transaction processes (proposals to ban "blind bidding")
Stimulate supply across the housing continuum, coordinating policy action across multiple levels of government, and providing HST/GST relief to affordable housing.
Amendments to the federal Home Buyers' Plan to provide for  indexation of withdrawal limits; and to allow Home Buyers' Plan to be used by non first-time buyers who experience a job relocation, marital break-up, or death of a spouse; and to allow inter-generational use of Home Buyers' Plan to allow parents to access RRSP funds to assist children with home purchase.
Potential program to require home energy rating and disclosure prior to the sale of a property.
Leverage federal Infrastructure funding to province to encourage the creation of more housing supply.
Regional differences in housing policy
Capital Gains Tax exemption on the sale of a principal residence.