Mike Smyth: Premier Horgan flunks foreign real-estate file

Premier John Horgan likes to remind people about his Irish roots, something he did again this week when asked if B.C. will ban foreign real-estate purchases.
“I’m a child of an immigrant — I don’t think that’s the way we should proceed,” Horgan said.
“British Columbia is the gateway to Canada, and I don’t believe we should be curbing people from coming here.”
To Green party Leader Andrew Weaver, the comment betrayed a fundamental ignorance of