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Originally Posted by Saul Goode
Agreed on all points. I think this is a bad idea which will do next to nothing to address any housing shortage. It surprised me because I perceived Houston as smarter than that and I can only conclude that it's really just a pretty base political sop. It might scare up a little loose change from between the seat cushions, but it won't produce any real revenue windfall and certainly won't fix the housing deficit. It will, however, alienate a lot of non-residents who have already demonstrated that they love the province - at precisely the same time that Houston wants to aggressively grow the population.
Seems ill-conceived all the way around. Very disappointing, to me.
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Pretty much spot-on. This seems to be Houston getting MacMaster to appeal to their largely rural voting base. It is very disappointing. Those folks have, sadly, a very skewed view of how the world works and many of them look on come-from-aways with both suspicion and contempt. The attitude is that such property owners are very rich, successful, and thus unwelcome in their part of NS. It is a very small-minded attitude. The stated reason that they need the reveunue is simply false. The amount this will raise is minuscule and could easily be found within the existing envelope if the wanted to.
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