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
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