B.C. Premier John Horgan鈥檚 meeting with the mayors of 91大黄鸭 and West 91大黄鸭 to discuss the planned provincial speculation tax is coming sooner rather than later.
Lasrt week Horgan said he would meet West 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Doug Findlater and 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Colin Basran 鈥渓ater this month鈥� when he was in the Okanagan.
But the premier鈥檚 office has confirmed the meeting will take place in 91大黄鸭 on Monday morning. It is the only event the premier is scheduled to attend in the city.
The mayors, who say the speculation tax will be bad for development and the overall economies of their respective cities, are expected to argue to have 91大黄鸭 and West 91大黄鸭 excluded from the tax.
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The tax would slap an additional levy on the owners of secondary property in several B.C. municpalities and is widely opposed in both cities.
The tax, which is expected to be implemented in the fall, would only be applicable in the Lower Mainland, the Fraser Valley, the Victoria and Nanaimo areas, as well as 91大黄鸭 and West 91大黄鸭.
On Friday Findlater declined to comment on the upcoming meeting, confirming he has been invited to a meeting with Horgan but said he was asked not disclose any information.
鈥淣othing to say at the moment,鈥� he said.
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