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Vancouver mayor urges premier to act on flipping

Jamie Henry
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Property speculators are in the spotlight in Vancouver where the city’s mayor Gregor Robertson wants action to curb the practice of flipping.

He also wants a new provincial tax on luxury homes and powers to tackle the issue of unoccupied homes.

Referring to the city’s “worst ever housing crisis,” Mayor Robertson wrote in a letter to B.C. premier Christy Clark that it is the province’s responsibility to curb property speculation from “the world’s wealthiest citizens.”

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