Several hundred people packed into a community centre in Kelowna on Sunday for a town hall on the B.C. government’s proposed speculation tax.

The B.C. Liberal Party hosted the forum, which heard from a panel of tax consultants, a developer and poverty reduction workers.

The levy was proposed by the provincial government as a way to tackle rapidly rising house prices.

It would charge those who own a vacant second home in some areas, including Kelowna, two per cent of their property value, starting