Speculation tax hurting Canadians

Dear editor:

I hope Ànance minister Carole James knows her government has created a nightmare for us and fellow Canadians regarding this speculation tax. Let me explain the situation we are in.

We lived in West Kelowna for 10 years in Sonoma Pines, loved it so much we sold our little home and decided that West Kelowna is where we wanted to be.

We purchased a lot and decided to proceed with the build. In the process we had $400,000 stolen from us. but we got over the ordeal and moved forward.

We have to continue working for the next three years before we can make this home our permanent residence. We are 62 and 63 years of age.

We had no intention to sell this home to Áip for a proÀt. Foreign buyers tax is one thing, but taxing the very people, who are Canadian (and seniors), who brought their families , friends and money to B.C. over the last decade or more is short sighted.

The tax should penalize non-Canadian foreign buyers, not Canadians. All the government is doing is promoting hate.

The NDP is probably thinking my vote won’t count, who cares, but I will get to vote in B.C. soon if I’m not forced to sell and take another loss.

Final conclusion to this statement is that we are not only home owners, we are a part of the community here contributing to services. By consuming services we make an impact locally. Take us out of the formula and watch the economy drop for Kelowna and West Kelowna.

We are working hard to make this our retirement home.

Colleen Nooy Grande Prairie, Alta./ West Kelowna