We, the undersigned, through this letter, ask for you to redirect our Membership funds away from advertising and economic forecasting, and towards lobbying efforts against the punitive legislation that has created FINTRAC and the Do-Not-Call Registry.

We believe that the current advertising campaign involving all forms of media (internet, print, radio, and TV) is ineffectual and an inefficient use of Membership funds. In addition, CREAs recent economic forecast has hurt our Memberships ability to conduct business. CREA is an association that was created to help its Members business, not harm it.

Recently, two pieces of legislation, the Do-Not-Call Registry and FINTRAC, have been passed that pose a serious risk to the operational and financial viability of our Members. Other Associations have successfully lobbied the Government to exempt their industries from these pieces of legislation and your failure to do so is troubling to the Membership.

We therefore ask you to suspend funding for the 'How Realtors Help' advertising campaign and redirect additional funds towards lobbying efforts to remove the Real Estate Industry from the Do-Not-Call Registry and FINTRAC requirements. We also ask that you eliminate all Economist forecasting positions with all savings directed towards lowering Membership fees during these tough economic times.