Mario Canseco: On housing and the budget

One of the things that makes my job as a public-opinion researcher so compelling is having the chance to test how the population will react to a particular issue or decision. A recent opportunity arrived with the perceived outcry from individual homeowners to the changes in taxation that were announced by the B.C. government in the latest budget.
An Insights West poll conducted earlier this month showed that more than four-in-five British Columbians thought three items included in the budget wer