News Bulletin - April 14, 2023

Annual General Meeting on April 21

The Commission’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held virtually via Zoom on Friday, April 21 at 10am. The notice for the meeting will be sent out at 8am the morning of the AGM and will include instructions to join the meeting as well as the agenda. If you have questions about the Commission's financial statements that you would like to have addressed at the AGM, please send your questions in advance to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Election Opens Tuesday, April 18

The election for a seat on the Commission’s Board of Directors opens on Tuesday at 9am and closes on Thursday at 4pm. Licensees will receive an email from the domain bigpulse.com with the subject line: Cast your ballot in the 2023 NSREC Board of Directors Election. Check your junk/spam folder if you do not see this email in your inbox. Once the election opens, reminder emails will be sent daily to licensees who have not yet cast their vote.

The body of the email will look like this:

If you have questions about the election, please contact Peggy Kell, Communications and Technology Officer, by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Annual Report Available

The 2022 Annual Report is now available on the Commission's website. View it HERE.

Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act Amendments

The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, recently announced amendments to the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act’s accompanying Regulations which came into force on January 1, 2023. 

For information on the amendments, click HERE to read the news release from the CMHC. 

For questions about the Act or the amendments, please email the contacts listed at the bottom of the CMHC's release.