Backlash to speculation tax grows as West Kelowna asks to opt out

The municipality of West Kelowna has joined a growing backlash to the B.C. government’s real estate speculation tax with a demand that it be left out of that tax measure.
West Kelowna’s council, on Tuesday, voted unanimously for Mayor Doug Findlater to meet Premier John Horgan and B.C. Green party Leader Andrew Weaver to pressure government to exclude the Okanagan community from the new tax.
“We’re very concerned about the overall economic impact,” said Findlater. &