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By ThinkPol Staff The BC Green Party is piling pressure on the NDP minority government its propping up to follow New Zealand's example and restrict foreign real estate ownership in the province in the upcoming budget. “Recently, we proposed we…
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbia government can legally seize the homes of a group of foreign buyers whose immigration fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, money laundering and a host of other illegal activities came to light in a recent…
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbia's Green Party Leader has called for seizing the homes of a group of foreign buyers whose immigration fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and a host of other illegal activities came to light in a recent…
By ThinkPol Staff A petition has been launched to urge British Columbia’s NDP-led government to introduce a housing speculation tax along with a special taskforce to crackdown on money laundering and unethical practices by realtors in Metro Vancouver’s real estate…
By ThinkPol staff A Vancouver realtor and his wife aided and abetted foreign buyers in committing immigration fraud and forgery, according a recently delivered judgement in a case between two feuding families from China battling over the ownership of multiple…
By ThinkPol Staff A British Columbian has launched a proposed provincial class action suit against the credit reporting bureau Equifax over the data breach that compromised personal information of thousands of Canadians. Joshua Temple of Tofino, BC, is bringing this…
By Lisa Tanh A Vancouver tech company that owes over a hundred employees millions of dollars has yet to pay up, and the workers are expressing frustration at the “slow” pace of the province’s efforts to recover unpaid wages. Istuary…
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbia’s Superintendent of Real Estate is suing the province's Real Estate Council after the body that licences province's realtors refused to discipline a licensee. The Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate (OSRE) was setup in…
By ThinkPol Staff A legal wrangle between two families from China over multi-million dollar homes in Vancouver Westside and the funds transferred to buy them offer a rare glimpse into the questionable strategies used by foreign buyers in the lower…
By ThinkPol Staff A speculator is attempting to flip a Richmond condo bought just six months ago for nearly three times the amount paid for it. This is according to data gathered by Corrupt Gregor 1 , the twitter user…