CDMPT-24-G5065

Licence number

G5065

Broker's name

Sonia Bernier

Decision

NOTICE OF IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
ON SONIA BERNIER’S LICENCE

File: CDMPT-24-G5065

NOTICE is hereby given that Sonia Bernier, real estate broker (licence G5065), whose establishment is located in Repentigny has had conditions and restrictions imposed on her licence, following a decision by the Licence Issue and Maintenance Committee of the Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ), pursuant to section 38 (2) of the Real Estate Brokerage Act.

On August 14, 2024, the Licence Issue and Maintenance Committee imposed the following conditions and restrictions on Ms. Bernier’s licence:

 
  1. Within 6 months of notification of this decision, she must complete the training course entitled “The broker as a self-employed worker,” provided by the OACIQ Training Department.
 
  1. Within 30 days following notification of this decision, the licensee shall send proof of her registration for the training course mentioned in paragraph (a) to the OACIQ Registry Service.
 
  1. Within 3 months of notification of this decision, the licensee must take the training course "McGill Personal Finance Essentials" and send proof thereof to the OACIQ Registry Service.
 
  1. As of the notification of this decision and until 24 months following her discharge from bankruptcy, the licensee shall be prohibited from carrying on real estate brokerage activities on her own account.
 
  1. As of the notification of this decision and until 24 months after her discharge from bankruptcy, the licensee shall be prohibited from carrying on real estate brokerage activities within a business corporation.
 
  1. As of the notification of this decision and until 24 months following her discharge from bankruptcy, the licensee shall enter into and maintain a written agreement with the agency within which she carries on her real estate brokerage activities to the effect that the latter retains the GST and QST payable to her until she is required to remit them upon transmission of her tax return to be kept in the agency's file.
 
  1. As of the notification of this decision and until 24 months following her discharge from bankruptcy, the licensee shall enter into and maintain a written agreement with the agency within which she carries on her real estate brokerage activities to the effect that the latter holds a minimum of 20% of her remuneration for the purpose of paying her taxes, until such time as she is required to remit it, upon transmission of a copy of her notices of assessment, or for the purpose of making instalment payments.
 
  1. A copy of the agreement mentioned in paragraphs (f) and (g) shall be sent to the OACIQ Registry Service within thirty (30) days of notification of this decision.
 
  1. Within 30 days following notification of this decision, the licensee shall send to the OACIQ Registry Service an undertaking signed by her agency executive officer by which the latter undertakes to supervise the licensee according to the supervision plan in place, for 12 months following notification of this decision.
 
  1. In the event of any agency change during the periods mentioned in paragraphs (f), (g) and (i), the licensee must enter into a new agreement under the same conditions with the new agency and send a copy thereof to the Organization’s Registry Service within 30 days following the agency change.
 
  1. Within 30 days following notification of this decision, the licensee shall send to the OACIQ Registry Service proof of her application for and receipt of her new GST/QST numbers.
     
  2. The licensee shall send the Organization’s Registry Service her certificate of discharge from bankruptcy.
     
  3. Should the licensee not be discharged automatically from her bankruptcy, her file will be resubmitted to the Committee.

If Ms. Bernier fails to comply with the conditions and restrictions imposed, her right to engage in professional real estate brokerage activities shall be suspended until she does so.

This notice is given in accordance with section 33 of the Regulation respecting broker’s and agency licences.

The decision became enforceable on September 26, 2024.

Brossard, September 26, 2024.

Registry of the Licence Issue and Maintenance Committee