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LSTAR ANNUAL GENERAL REVIEW 2022
ADVISORY GROUPS
BROKERS ISSUES ADVISORY GROUP
The mandate of the Brokers Issues Advisory Group is twofold:
1.
To provide a peer forum at which brokerage and real estate industry
issues might be identified, vetted, discussed, and debated.
2.
To make recommendations to the Board of Directors (or the appropriate
Committees, Advisory Groups or Task Forces) on issues that have the
potential to impact real estate brokerages and/or the real estate industry
and, through this mechanism, to alert organized real estate at the
provincial and national levels to issues impacting brokers.
The group met in April, July, September, and December to discuss ITSO MLS®
Rules and Regulations, the proposed changes to LSTAR Bylaws, BrokerBay,
ReallyTrusted and FINTRAC management, special Member lock box promotion,
the LSTAR property report, pending foreign buyers legislation, REALTOR®
professionalism, and education opportunities.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
The mandate of the Political Affairs Committee (or PAC Team) is to maintain
an active and open channel of grassroots communication with LSTAR MPs,
MPPs and municipal leaders concerning housing, economic, business, and
REALTOR® issues. REALTOR® issues are defined as issues that have a far-
reaching impact on Members of organized real estate, which have significant
negative or positive impact either on a sizeable group of Members or property
owners, or housing issues, especially housing affordability issues. The PAC
Team also seeks to enhance awareness of and build support for OREA and
CREA positions within the Association and the greater community. LSTAR's
PAC Team is empowered to advise the Board of Directors on political affairs at
the municipal, provincial and national levels.
MP ENGAGEMENT
CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS AND CREA PAC DAYS
During April and May, LSTAR had an opportunity to meet virtually and in person
with its four area MPs, as part of the PAC at Home spring advocacy efforts.
Meetings were held with MP Peter Fragiskatos, London North Centre; MP
Lindsay Mathyssen, London-Fanshawe; MP Arielle Kayabaga, London West;
and MP Karen Vecchio, Elgin-Middlesex-London.
The following recommendations were discussed:
·
Establish a permanent national housing roundtable to help understand the scale of the housing supply challenges.
·
Increase the supply of new homes for Canadians across the housing spectrum by adding housing clauses in
Infrastructure Bilateral Agreements between Infrastructure Canada and provincial and territorial partners.
·
Make homes more accessible to Canadians by implementing several key commitments in the Government's
Housing Plan.
CHAIR
Kathy Amess
MEMBERS
LSTAR Principal Brokers
STAFF LIAISONS
Bill Madder
Kelly Blakely
Joanne Shannon
Chad Lovell
Nicole Christy
CHAIR
Jack Lane
MEMBERS
Danny DePrest
Robert Georgopoulos
Adam Miller
Raeanne Muir
Randy Pawlowski
Bill Madder
Graham Henderson (London
Chamber of Commerce)
Kristen Duever (London
Chamber of Commerce)
STAFF LIAISON
Chad Lovell