Vancouver proposes to levy tax on empty homes

THanks for sharing that Donna. What the article describes is a problem in many places --- yet instead of a new tax on properties that sit empty, which can then harm those who are not engaging in money laundering, I think it might be better to prohibit foreign nationals from buying property in Canada. Whatever taxes you impose on empty homes, is not going to do much to deter CHinese money launderers. They can easily pay such a tax and more. I think to stop what's described in the article you really need to prohibit these money launderers from buying the property in the first place.

I am very interested in protecting the rights and freedoms of American citizens in America, and by extension, those of Canadian citizens in Canada, but I have much less interest in protecting the rights and freedoms of Chinese nationals in Canada or the US, or the rights and freedoms of foreign nationals in any nation that isn't their own. I think nations do better to take care of their own people first.