Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019

The NDP’s speculation and vacancy tax will do nothing to make homes more affordable. If you think about who can afford to leave homes empty, it is wealthy people, whether they be foreigners or Canadians. The multi-million-dollar homes are not going to be accessible to low- or middle-income renters if they are sold.
The tax is also not comparable to the homeowners grant, as the NDP have been arguing. Failure to declare the grant on time and the homeowner will pay $570 more in taxes versus t