Policy Archive - 2009
(2009-12-31) Year-End Reflections on Housing - Altus Group
(2009-12-01) Development of a New EnerGuide Rating System - Questions and Considerations
(2009-12-01) CHBA Background Paper on Cap and Trade
(2009-11-13) MP Kit for CHBA’s GST Rebate and Home Renovation Tax Rebate Campaign
(2009-10-31) Canadian Housing Industry - Performance and Trends
(2009-10-31) HST New Housing Rebate Thresholds - Indexation is Very Important
(2009-10-20) GTA Condominium Apartment Market Risk
(2009-10-13) Rating and Certification Report from U.S. National Institute of Building Sciences
(2009-10-10) Harmonization in Ontario and British Columbia
(2009-10) Hoiusing Affordability and Accessibilty: A Synopsis of Solutions - CHBA
(2009-09-14) CHBA Pre-Budget Submission
(2009-09-14) Indexation and Rental Housing - Altus Group Memo
(2009-09-10) CHBA Builder Information Bulletin – WaterSense
(2009-09-07) Briefing Note: Valuation of Self-Supply Rental Projects for GST
(2009-09-02) Importance of Indexation of the HST New Housing Rebate Thresholds
(2009-08-07) The Potential Impacts of Sales Tax Harmonization on the Residential Renovation Sector in Canada
(2009-08-07) CHBA Briefing Note: Valuation of Rental Projects for GST
(2009-08) CHBA Pre-Budget Submission
(2009-07-30) Review of Federal and Provincial/Territorial Government Grant and Incentive Programs for Homes Renovations to Increase Energy Efficiency
(2009-07-28) Long-Term Housing Demand in Canada
(2009-07-27) Letter to George Gritziotis, Executive Director, Construction Sector Council, regarding E-Learning Efforts
(2009-07-23) Tax Pyramiding in Canada: A Growing Concern
(2009-07-16) Letter from the Hon. Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, regarding the ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes program
(2009-07-15) Memo to Members regarding Radon
(2009-07-14) Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission Performance in Canadian Homes Since 1990 - 2006 (Update)
(2009-07-14) New Report on LEED® Canada for Homes and Provincial Energy Requirements
(2009-07-14) New Health Canada Guidelines for Radon in the Home - An Update
(2009-07-10) Letter from the Hon. James M. Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to John Hrynkow, CHBA President
(2009-06-15) GST Impacts by Province of Various Rebate Options - Altus Group Memo
(2009) CHBA Summer MP Campaign Materials
(2009-05-22) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, regarding questions arising as a result of the meeting of the Standing Committee on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2009-05-22) Letter from CHBA President Gary Friend to Prime Minister Harper, regarding the proposed harmonized sales tax in Ontario and its affect on renovation and the underground (cash) economy
(2009-05-22) How Recent Changes to the National Model Codes Process Help Deal with Urgent and Emerging Issues
(2009-05-19) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, regarding recent information underpinning the importance of a disciplined approach to building standards and codes
(2009-05-19) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, outlining how recent changes to the National Model Codes process help deal with urgent and emerging issues
(2009-05-19) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, regarding information available to decision-makers and the public about the cumulative costs of changes to Part 9 of the NBC
(2009-05-19) Memo from CHBA President Gary Friend regarding the latest Update on Economic Impacts of the Housing Industry in communities across Canada
(2009-05-14) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, outlining further concerns about work on the protocol for new Code objectives
(2009-05-13) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, from CHBA President Gary Friend, regarding the protocol for addressing new objectives in model codes
(2009-05-13) Letter to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, from CHBA President Gary Friend, regarding the May 4/09 Meeting of the Joint Task Group on Energy Efficiency in Housing
(2009-05-12) Letter from CHBA President Gary Friend to Prime Minister Harper, regarding GST indexation and the proposed harmonized sales tax in Ontario
(2009-05-01) Big Hit on GTA Middle-Class Home Buyers with the Ontario Budget's HST Proposals - Altus Group
(2009-04-30) Message from the Prime Minister on New Homes Month
(2009-04-14) The EnviroHome Opportunity
(2009-04-14) Letter from Karen Kinsley, President & CEO, CMHC, to Michael Moldenhauer, Past President, BILD, regarding financing issues and CMHC provision of Motrgage loan insurance for construction financing
(2009-04-09) Letter from Gary Friend, CHBA President, to the Hon. John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, regarding the Building Canada Fund
(2009-04-09) Letter from Gary Friend, CHBA President, to Bruce Clemmensen, Chair of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, regarding energy efficiency as a new objective in the National Building Code
(2009-03-24) Letter to CHBA President John Hrynkow, from the Hon. John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, regarding the Building Canada Fund
(2009-03-23) Cost Impact of CHBA Involvement in the Development of the 2010 National Building Code
(2009-03-16) The Time Is Right: Alternatives to Development Charges - prepared by Altus Group Economic Consulting for CHBA
(2009-03-09) New Housing Is Different: Implications for Sales Tax Harmonization in Ontario
(2009-03-01) Memorandum of Agreement Concerning a Canada-Ontario Comprehensive Integrated Tax Co-Ordination Agreement
(2009-02-28) Economic Impacts of Residential Construction - prepared by Altus Group Economic Consulting for CMHC
(2009-02-28) Government-imposed Charges on New Housing in Canada (CMHC Research Highlight)
(2009-02-28) Now Is The Time To Act - Inaugural Address of Gary Friend, Incoming President
(2009-02-05) Letter from the Hon. Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, to CHBA President John Hrynkow, regarding the updating of the R-2000 and the EnerGuide Rating System
(2009-02-03) Letter to the Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, from John Hrynkow, regarding the Home Renovation Tax Credit
(2009-02-02) Letter from Heidi Smith, Director of Permanent Resident Policy & Programs, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in response to a letter from John Hrynkow to the Minister in August 2008
(2009-01-28) Memo to CHBA Renovator Members from Don Johnston, Senior Director, Technology & Policy, regarding New Federal Home Renovation Tax Credit and ecoEnergy Retrofit Grants
(2009-01-27) Letter to the Prime Minister from the County Clerk of the County of Simcoe
(2009-01-15) Letter from the Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, to CHBA President John Hrynkow, regarding Health Canada's National Radon Strategy
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