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Mortgage Brokering Technical Advisory Committee

Meeting summary

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: 25 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 100
Toronto, ON M2N 6S6
Videoconference – Microsoft Teams 

This summary sets out the key points discussed at the December 4, 2024 meeting.

Welcome

The Chair welcomed TAC members to the meeting and expressed thanks for their engagement and feedback during meetings.

The Chair also thanked the members whose terms were ending, for their contributions during their tenures.

Licensing improvement initiative

FSRA made a public announcement on September 18, 2024, committing to enhancing the licensing experience for our stakeholders.

FSRA has reinforced this commitment by adding the Licensing Service Standards to its Statement of Priorities (SOP) for the 2025/2026 Fiscal Year. The SOP was published for public consultation on November 14, 2024 for comments by December 6, 2024.

Teams names guidance

FSRA presented proposed guidance for the permitted use of team names in advertising. Members were requested to submit their feedback/comments to inform FSRA’s proposed guidance that will be published for public comment.

Consumer-driven banking

FSRA presented the Committee with an overview of the framework proposed by the Federal Government and discussed the opportunities and implications for the mortgage brokering sector.

Enforcement and record keeping

FSRA presented the Committee with key observations related to non-adherence to record-keeping requirements noted during investigations and asked members for feedback on potential difficulties experienced by licensees in ensuring proper record keeping.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the committee will be on Wednesday February 26, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Attendance record

Invited/attended

Company name

Attendance status

(A)ttended; (R)egrets; (S)ubstitute; (VC)Teleconference

Sadiq Boodoo 

Approved Financial Services

A

Guido Di Franco

Richview Capital MIC Inc. / Mortgage Architects Experts

VC

Kevin Fettig

CMI Financial Group

VC

Carla Gervais

The Mortgage Advisors (Verico)

VC

Elizabeth Gnoinski

Boss Mortgages – The Mortgage Center 

A

Alex Leduc

Perch (Mortgauge)

VC

Dong Lee

Axiom Innovations

VC

David Morrison

Morrison Financial

VC

Sona Shah

Coronation Group Inc.

VC

Anisa Sherwood Lancione

Mortgage Brokers City

VC

Daniel Vyner

DV Capital

A

Kate Wybrow

FCT Insurance

VC

Sahgal Armaan

Ministry of Finance

VC

Monica Liang

Ministry of Finance

VC

Roxana Ntezimana

Ministry of Finance

VC

FSRA members present:

Nathan Bessner (VC), Kelsey Chisamore-Johnston (A), Rocca D’Angela (A), Nadiatou Fagbemi (A), Jason Harris (VC), Jennie Hodgson (A), Sandra Jordan (VC), Antoinette Leung (A), Cheryl Mak (A), David Maxwell (VC), Yovanka McBean (A), Fariba Mirhassanivahed (A), Jessica Rose (VC), Elissa Sinha (A), Gina Stephens (A), Anu Sunny (A), Cheryl Szutu (A), Catherine Tam (VC), Dave Veeren (A), Chris Zolis (VC)