This year’s CREA Political Action Committee (PAC) Days saw more than 400 delegates from 54 Boards gather in Ottawa for meetings with Federal MPs from ridings within the FVREB jurisdiction. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board’s (FVREB) Stakeholder Government Relations Committee (SGRC) and Officers had a full slate of meetings with our constituent MPs ridings including:
- Sukhman Gill- Abbotsford – South Langley
- Tamara Jansen – Cloverdale – Langley City
- Gurbux Saini – Fleetwood – Port Kells
- Ernie Klassen – South Surrey – White Rock
- Sukh Dhaliwal – Surrey Newton
The SGRC will follow up with MPs we missed – Brad Vid, Tako Van Popta, and Randeep Sara – when they are back in their local ridings in the next few months.
The team engaged in constructive dialogue on pressing issues impacting housing affordability and attainability. In particular, they reinforced CREA messages along with the key take-aways from FVREB’s newly released offsite construction report, which outlines nine key recommendations designed to expedite the adoption of prefab and modular housing as part of the broader response to the housing crisis. These discussions were well-received by the MPs and sparked meaningful conversations about potential next steps.
As we have done previously, we will continue to maintain and build our engagement with Federal MPs, provincial MLAs, and municipal mayors and councillors, to find ways to bring all three levels of government to the table to more cohesively address the housing issues we face in the Fraser Valley, the Lower Mainland, and the rest of our province.
Stakeholder and Government Relations Committee