BC Liberal MLA protests ‘the NDP war on upper end homes’
BC Liberal MLA Dan Ashton is taking a courageous stand for a cause few British Columbians would bother defending – multi-million dollar luxury homes.
Reacting to measures in the BC NDP government’s 2018 budget tabled earlier this week aimed at making housing in the province more affordable, Ashton took to Twitter to denounce what he’s calling “the NDP war on upper end homes.”
Ashton tweeted that the reason “many of these homes command premium prices” is because rich people need skilled workers to make them stuff – “they involve significant work from skilled trades people and expansive furnishings,” he noted.
The 2018 BC budget raises the property transfer tax rate from 3% to 5% on real estate worth more than $3 million in an effort to rein in speculation in BC’s overheated housing market.
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