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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

B.C. foreign-buyers tax aimed to thwart election issues, expert says

Public outcry over British Columbia’s sizzling real estate market pushed the province’s Liberal government to introduce a foreign-buyers’ tax last month, but uncertainty around the policy leaves little room for political manoeuvring before next year’s election, once the impact of the tax is better understood, experts say. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-foreign-tax-aimed-to-thwart-election-issues-expert-says/article31714792


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