All taxes are regressive against the poor, but property taxes are a special kind of evil that specifically targets them and tries to prevent them from rising up in the world.
Oh hey you saved up for something nice? Here's a fine for that.
Oh hey you saved up for something nice? Here's a fine for that.
Housing in Vancouver is _incredibly_ expensive, and there's a huge amount of foreign ownership by rich people that leave the dwelling empty all the time, or maybe only live in it for a few weeks or months per year.
If someone is wealthy enough to own a property in Vancouver and not use it more than half the year, I don't have an ounce of sympathy for them being taxed for that. If they don't like it, sell the property, and rent an absolutely beautiful AIrbnb or house for the times that they are in the city.