CONCERNED BRITISH COLUMBIANS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO SCRAP THE SPECULATION TAX

Today, I am advised that a coalition of concerned British Columbians have launched a campaign called Scrap the Speculation Tax to demand that Premier John Horgan and the B.C. government reverse their decision to implement a Speculation Tax on B.C. and Canadian taxpayers. I have asked to have our group of petition signers added to this coalition. While the government wants to address housing affordability, we know that this patchwork tax will do the exact opposite. It will kill jobs, hurt the B.C. tourism industry and make the housing affordability issue worse. This tax is not going after the real speculators, it only targets hardworking tax payers. The coalition recommends that the B.C. government immediately scrap the Speculation Tax and do the following to address housing affordability: Target real speculators, not long-term homeowners, including many out-of-province residents; Protect our local tourism dependant economies, like Kelowna and the South Island; Reduce the cost of delivering housing units by exempting vacant development land from this tax; Exempt Canadian and British Columbian taxpayers from this unfair tax measures. The campaign wants to spread the word about the unfair and ineffective Speculation Tax. Their website, http://scrapthespeculationtax.ca/ allows concerned citizens to learn more and write to their local Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to express their frustration and concerns. In order for this campaign to be successful the coalition needs your help. As you have already been doing, we need your voices to help us amplify the message further. Here are some things you can do to immediately support the campaign: Join the momentum and send a letter to your local MLA and Premier Horgan telling them to scrap the tax (many of you have already done this!) Share the campaign graphics on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter -- I'll be posting them on Twitter. Together, we can tell Premier John Horgan and the government that this tax is wrong, it makes the problem worse and will hurt our communities. Act now before it’s too late. Thank you for your support! For more information, please go to http://scrapthespeculationtax.ca/ or contact: contact@scrapthespeculationtax.ca