[chillacy]

> The province will also allow the City of Vancouver to impose an annual vacancy tax on some residential properties that are left uninhabited.

That seems like a great idea. Just throwing out an idea that could be terrible, why not tax all people who don't personally live in their home? That would effectively be a discount for people who want to buy and live in their own home, while discouraging people from buying multiple properties they don't need for their survival and collecting rent.

[charlesdm]

Collecting rent isn't necessarily always bad since not everyone can buy a house, regardless of the price of the property.