VICTORIA – Christy Clark spent years denying that B.C.’s housing affordability crisis even exists, and now she’s introducing new legislation to get rid of her bad headlines, say New Democrats. “People that I speak with in every part of B.C. …
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Government calls session to do bare minimum and avoid tough decisions on housing affordability crisis
VANCOUVER— The Christy Clark government is holding a summer sitting of the legislature to do the bare minimum to make bad headlines go away about the housing affordability crisis, while being careful to not anger their top donors. “Christy Clark …
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Horgan calls for task force to fight tax fraud and money laundering in B.C. real estate industry
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B.C. New Democrats take action to protect renters from renovictions
VICTORIA— New Democrat deputy housing spokesperson, Melanie Mark, introduced a bill that would provide renters in B.C. with urgently needed protection from evictions as a result of renovations. “I’ve heard first-hand from British Columbians who have been unfairly evicted from …
New Democrats would protect manufactured home owners
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