33-18-2097

Licence number

D2139

Broker's name

Dionne, Jacques

Decision

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND IMPOSITION OF RESTRICTIONS ON
JACQUES DIONNE’S LICENCE (D2139)

File No.: 33-18-2097

Be advised that on January 21, 2020, the Court of Quebec declared that Mr. Jacques Dionne has abandoned his appeal, rendering effective the decision of the Discipline Committee that ordered that the real estate broker licence of Mr. Jacques Dionne, whose establishment was located in Laval, be suspended for a period of 5 years whenever he becomes a licence holder again, and imposed a restriction on his licence, prohibiting him from acting as agency executive officer for a period of 5 years when he finishes serving the total suspension period mentioned above, for committing the following offences:

Count 1: On or about July 9, 2016, placed himself in a conflict of interest situation by acting, without any right, as a real estate broker to sell his client's property to a corporation of which he was a director and shareholder.

Count 2: On or about August 21, /2015, placed himself in a conflict of interest situation by acting, without any right, as a real estate broker to sell his client's property to a corporation of which he was a director and shareholder.

Count 3: On or about September 2, 2015, placed himself in a conflict of interest situation by concluding, as president of a company, with his clients who were then in a difficult financial situation, a Pre-occupancy Agreement with option to purchase providing, in particular, for:

a) The payment of a monthly rent of $1,243 to his company;

b) A redemption price increased annually by 2% for a period of three (3) years;

c) The payment of a deposit of $72,989, representing the proceeds from the sale of the immovable and its non-repayment conditions.

Count 4: On or about September 2, 2015, while acting as president of a corporation, committed an act that is derogatory to the honour and dignity of the profession by entering into a Pre-occupancy Agreement with option to purchase with his clients, containing an abusive clause of non-repayment of the deposit of $72,989 in particular, while this amount represented the proceeds from the sale of their immovable and they were in a difficult financial situation.

Count 5: As of September 2, 2015, claimed, as a real estate broker, compensation of $16,786.35 and received a portion of it, i.e. at least $8,979.74, for the sale of an immovable acquired by the company of which he was a director and shareholder.

Count 6: On or about September 10, 2015, used the deposit of $72,989, representing the proceeds from the sale of his clients’ immovable to his company, for purposes other than those for which it was entrusted to him, by depositing it in the bank account of a Québec Inc., a corporation of which he was a director and shareholder.

Brossard, January 22, 2020

Renée Dionne
Discipline Committee Secretary