A BUSY AGENDA!

Coalition for the Economic Development of Montreal

With the chronic under-financing of public transit in the province, the idea of a parking tax has been a recurrent proposal for efficiently resolving the under-financing issue. Not so, says UDI Quebec! Since 2000 and even before that, UDI Quebec has strived to convince municipal and provincial authorities, so far successfully, that a tax on commercial off-street parking would not reduce automobile usage and would be unfair to building owners and their tenants. UDI Quebec has organized the Coalition for the Economic Development of Montreal with the major business organizations in the province concerned with this important issue for the real estate industry and the economy of the province.

Positioning of the Quebec City area in market studies performed by national brokerage firms

Quebec City is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in Canada, following Edmonton and before Winnipeg. While its tourist attractions are well-known, the dynamism of its economy and real estate market could receive better attention. Regretfully, the Quebec City area is conspicuously absent from market studies conducted by national brokerage firms. UDI Quebec actively seeks to reverse this trend and to convince national brokerage firms to take a closer look at Quebec City in their respective market studies.

Project approval process in Quebec City

Since the creation of the new Quebec City in 2002, the approval of real estate project has become a slow and complex procedure. UDI Quebec is striving to take up this issue with municipal authorities in order to cut the delays in half and has called for a series of measures such as the identification of project champions and the use of discretionary powers.