Finance committee  I think I'm going to have to refer you to a brief that came from CREA. We'll make sure you have a copy of it; it will outline that to you.

Finance committee  The money flows through a bureaucracy that is becoming increasingly outdated in the modern age. I can go into any number of ways, but I think the money has to go directly to bands. Bands have to be able to develop their own land and be able to mortgage property if they need to. T

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for this opportunity to present the British Columbia Real Estate Association's recommendations to the 2007 federal budget. My name is Janet Cunningham. I'm a Lower Mainland realtor and I am chair of the BCREA's government relati