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Mortgage finance regulations: it’s time to level the playing field

Safeguarding our residential lending markets requires consistent regulation across all jurisdictions

Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured Aug. 9, 2018, at a Farm Boy store in Ottawa, where he announced the reduction of credit card interchange fees affecting small and medium-sized businesses. Harmonizing mortgage finance regulations across all jurisdictions will require leadership from the government of Canada and collaboration among all provinces and territories, but the effort would benefit all Canadians, writes Keith Lancastle. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion
BY KEITH LANCASTLE
November 19, 2018

Opinion | BY KEITH LANCASTLE | November 19, 2018

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