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VICTORIA — Green Leader Andrew Weaver expanded on his objections to the NDP’s proposed speculation tax Wednesday, this time indicating how he’ll try to change the enabling legislation.

His biggest objection to the yet-to-be-enacted tax on secondary residences and recreational properties is that most of the people paying will be British Columbians or other Canadians.

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“I don’t believe we should be punishing British Columbians or Canadians that happen to have a second place,” Weaver told reporters at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler.

He’s right about the selectiveness. For all the NDP talk about targeting foreigners, Finance Minister Carole James has confirmed that about 70 per cent of those captured by the tax are Canadians, mostly (63 per cent) British Columbians.

To which Weaver adds something he’s been saying for months — the levy is not really a “speculation tax,” but rather a tax on vacant properties.