Our Petition Presented to B.C. Legislature Today!

The MLA for Westside-Kelowna, Mr. Ben Stewart, presented our signed petition to the legislature this afternoon indicating there were currently 17,000 signatures on the petition. In speaking with Mr. Stewart today, he indicated that his office continues to get letters and phone calls about issues with the proposed speculation tax. He urged us to continue to gather signatures and to continue to spread the word regarding the issues we’ve identified. The submitted petition reads: To the Honourable the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, in Legislature Assembled: The petition of the undersigned, residents of the province of British Columbia, states that: The tax as proposed must be stopped. Any tax written must target ONLY real estate speculators, partially vacant homes must be excluded regardless of ownership. The B.C. Speculation Tax is unfair to all owners of non-primary residence homes in British Columbia and is unfair to the local communities these owners support. These home owners are not real estate speculators and legitimately own these homes for a variety of personal reasons unrelated to real estate speculation. Rental of these homes when not in use cannot be a factor for taxation and the new tax on these homes must not go forward. And the requests of municipalities that wish to opt out of this tax must be respected. Your petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House Stop British Columbia's Speculation Tax as currently proposed. Dated 2nd day of April, 2018. Thank you all for your continued support.