Joel Barde, Local Journalism Initiative
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April 29, 2021 - 10:33 AM
A proposed new federal government tax on foreign owners of Canadian real estate is being met with a cool reception by Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality council, with mayor Al Raine saying it would be a “bit of a disaster” for resort municipalities.
The new tax, known as the “Tax on Unproductive Use of Canadian Housing by Foreign Non-resident Owners,” is being proposed as part of the federal government’s new budget, which was released last week.
The budget proposed a one per cent tax on the value of non-resident, non-Canadian owned residential real estate deemed to be vacant or underused.