From today’s Times Colonist:
Victoria council is calling on the province to immediately impose a 15 per cent non-resident buyers tax here to cool what has become one of the three hottest real estate markets in the country.
The request comes after what some councillors see as the success of the same foreign buyers tax imposed last fall in Vancouver and as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a 15 per cent foreign buyers levy in the Toronto area.
“We all know that we have a housing crisis and that the cost of home ownership and rent is getting higher and higher and the dream of home ownership is getting further and further away for many of our residents,” said Coun. Jeremy Loveday, who sponsored the resolution with Coun. Ben Isitt.
– See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/victoria-council-asks-b-c-for-foreign-speculators-tax-1.16307896#sthash.IPUMpeP4.dpuf
Parks of Victoria and Vancouver Island 
Why would you segregate Chinese peoples in your article title?? FOREIGN BUYERS TAX, means all foreigners, none need to be segregated by you to help propel hate.
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95% of the affected buyers would be Chinese. We said all foreigners in the headline.
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Great headline. Where’s the part of the article that talks about the head tax though?
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I agree with the 15% foreign buyers tax; however it is not appropriate to name any one nationality specifically; it betrays your prejudice and does not serve the valid intentions of your proposal.
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Where you got the 95 percent buyers are Chinese ?
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Ask the realtors they will tell you actual facts, not racist rhetoric
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Tony Joe IS a realtor, and he’s quoted in the article.
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