Lawrence Wong was recently quoted in the CBC article “Proposed class action lawsuit alleges B.C.’s housing speculation tax unfairly targets women and seniors.” The article details a lawsuit filed by homeowners asserting that British Columbia’s speculation tax is unfair.
Lawrence, the attorney handling the lawsuit, states “This tax is a tax grab … a vehicle for [the B.C. government] to rake in more tax money. There is a huge element of propaganda … because the government calls it a speculation tax and unfortunately the people who are affected are seniors and homemakers and people who are married to foreign spouses.”