CMHC Track Foreign Buyers, Checking For Chinese Names

A federal dragnet for data on foreign real estate buyers has seen CMHC check Chinese names on property rolls, examine tax records and notaries’ deeds for offshore addresses, and call the RCMP, records show. Details are disclosed in Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp. memos obtained through Access To Information: “Be careful about classifying based on last names.”

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