BURNABY – The affordability crisis is hitting seniors in metro Vancouver especially hard, and it’s getting worse, say the New Democrats. A recent report on affordability in metro Vancouver showed that there was a 38-per-cent increase in the number of …
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Foreign buyers’ tax does nothing for affordability, needs to be fixed: Horgan
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Housing affordability in Kamloops ignored by Christy Clark government, says New Democrat leader John Horgan
KAMLOOPS – People in Kamloops know it is getting harder to find affordable housing, and New Democrat leader John Horgan says that’s because the Christy Clark government ignored the problem until it spiraled out of control. “Here in Kamloops, people …
Christy Clark puts fundraising chief first, affordability for British Columbians last
Vancouver – New Democrats are demanding answers from Premier Christy Clark about why her chief B.C. Liberal Party fundraiser had details about the new tax on foreign real estate buyers weeks before other British Columbians. “Premier Clark put the interests …
B.C. Liberal foreign buyers tax targets people, not housing affordability
By John Horgan, leader, B.C. New Democrats Our province’s housing crisis is about international money. But Christy Clark still thinks it’s about where people hold citizenship. She thinks that when a citizen of another country buys property in B.C., that’s …