Isn't Canada supposed to have rules and regulations, but it must also follow FINTRAC's regulations for tracking money -- particularly when it is proceeds from crime, OR overt money-laundering.  Canada claims to be 'open to the world' so let's learn something from China whom the feds adore.  If Canadian realtors won't provide information on foreign buyers because those buyers are "very sensitive about too many questions being asked" -- then Canada can fine the realtors and confiscate the properties for 60 days until the answers are forthcoming. No answers, no property. Other nations play by those rules.

When a realtor phoned my parents' home to ask for the 20th time if they wanted to sell, they were assured the details would be translated into other languages and offered for sale in places like Shanghai. My parents have a small old bungalow, but it sits on a large lot. How many times do they have to tell realtors, "NO, we don't want to sell."