In brokerages across Canada there are dusty manuals, perhaps with revisions dated August 2008, May 2009 and Summer 2013 supported
by an email trail of instruction from the brokerage
requiring all sales staff, as a part of their Independent Contractor Agreement, to be compliant with all appropriate federal,
provincial and municipal
legislation.
Alan, Since MLS association membership rules and regs are not governed
by provincial legislation nor
required to be compliant, your regulator is not able to dictate rules to your association.