Editorial: NDP should scrap its speculation and vacancy tax

In a province that has seen numerous examples of bumbling government policy-making from all political parties over the decades, the NDP’s speculation and vacancy tax is sure growing into one of the better examples.
Launched in the euphoric days after the NDP minority government squeaked into power after 16 years on the opposition benches as a supposedly populist initiative to battle “foreign owners and speculators” allegedly behind high home prices, the tax quickly proved contr