Municipalities vote in favour of changing B.C. speculation tax | Vancouver Sun

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says the government is going ahead with the controversial speculation tax, in spite of the fact that municipalities from across the province have voted overwhelmingly to overhaul the tax.
In a resolution that was endorsed at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference on Wednesday, the District of Oak Bay called for changing the proposed speculation tax in a way that would allow local governments to collect a levy on vacant properties. It would also require that those that do collect that tax use the revenues for non-market housing.