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20 Rehabbing Drug Labs
British Columbia still lacks clear standards for disclosing and
remediating properties previously used to produce drugs, leaving
buyers and sellers in a precarious position
By Halena Seiferling & Norma Miller
23 Regulating Short-Term Rentals in Vancouver –
a Band-Aid at Ignores Key Driver of
Rental Crunch
By Josef Filipowicz & Steve LaFleur
24 CEO Chat
Don MacVicar has built Premiere Mortgage Centre on core
family values
By Jennifer Burrage
26 Australian Consumer Advocates Take Aim
at Broker Commissions
Here's why they're wrong
30 Moving Forward Together
Looking back on the CMBA-Atlantic Conference & Trade Show
32 BofC Gets More Serious About Issuing a
Digital Currency
By Paul Belanger, Jacqueline Shinfield & Victoria Allsop
36 No Double Jeopardy, Triple Consequences
Broker Beware: one act of misconduct can expose you to civil,
criminal and regulatory sanctions
By Ray Basi
Small BuSineSSeS mount Big ReSiStance
A new coalition lobbies the government to reconsider its strict, stifling tax measures
By Samantha Gale
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features
departments
8 Editorial Summary
11 Letters to the Editor: Views on current topics
46 Advertisers Index
columns
28 Legal Ease: Satisfaction Not Guaranteed –
not knowing the difference between a guarantor
and a covenantor could cost you
By ray Basi
MortgageBroker
CANADIAN
Broker Mortgage
CANADIAN
40 MB Member Profile: Urma Mollema
e pioneer of South Africa's mortgage broker industry
reveals how one well-placed sign kicked off her 22-year
(and counting) career
By Lisa Gordon
43 Up North & Down Under
A Canadian trek to an Australian broker conference illustrates
shared concerns and solutions
By Lisa Gordon
44 Brokers Are on a Roll!
Introducing the MB Funding Roll of Honour
