Finance committee  No, nobody knew about it at that time. Not even the franchisees knew about it. I called RECO, the Toronto Real Estate Board, and CREA. People at the government level sit until somebody gets hurt and then they say, “Oh, he got hurt. Now we have to do this.” Nobody knew anything ab

Finance committee  It's Ontario.

Finance committee  Yes, I am.

Finance committee  No, I didn't know that.

Finance committee  I didn't know that three months after this law came into effect. Nobody even knew about it. They came and they audited us.

Finance committee  I did continue my case as far as I could.

Finance committee  However, if you don't have a lawyer, going through Federal Court is not an easy task.

Finance committee  They checked some of our files. They said we didn't have FINTRAC officers, even though I was a FINTRAC officer and my brother was a FINTRAC officer there. We came on the wrong side of each other because when she asked me to pinpoint the terrorism, I didn't know how important it w

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Exactly, Mr. Chair. Before you ask me for anything, you have to train me, then ask me if I did anything wrong. Where was the training? You just sent an email. I didn't get it from the government, I got it from the franchise I was with at the time, HomeLife, that this is FINTRAC,

Finance committee  Yes, sir, I fought for four years. For four years I went back and forth to the court. At first they asked me to hire a lawyer. I talked to several lawyers and they all told me that it was funny and that they had never heard of FINTRAC for real estate. Then I found one of the most

Finance committee  Thank you for inviting me. With the name of love, Happy Nowruz. Honourable Mr. Chair, members of the House, good afternoon, bonjour. It's a great pleasure and honour for me to be at the Canadian Parliament, in one of the most democratic countries in the world. I would like