Lots of discussions in CBC news today:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ ... gulations-1.3479818
A majority of commenters wanted restrictions.
"Any solution implemented will need to be retroactive to make any difference whatsoever. To correct housing prices you need to have three things happen: 1. Raise interest rates 2. Outlaw shadow flipping and discourage any speculation, with massive taxes on it 3. Severely tax foreign owners at least 50 per cent of the assessed value unless they can prove residency at least six months a year." — Jeff Quigley
"Levy a tax on 'underoccupied' residences. Collect data from utilities providers which should strongly indicate whether a property or unit is actually occupied. If you are not an active participant in our economy (either by living in the home you own or renting it to a tenant), then you should bear the 'opportunity cost' to our economy. By which I mean the following: Had another person acquired the property as a residence, they would be an income- , payroll- and sales tax-paying member of the community. You as a non-resident, non-participant give nothing back to Canada." — CougarCommenter
"What about massively increasing the cost of a demolition permit in the overheated markets? If a demolition permit was set to equal the sale price of the house, that would massively curb the appeal of buying a heritage house and tearing it down." — partridge?
Several commenters said, regardless of where you stand, more data is needed.
"First we need some concrete information before making a judgement or coming up with rules." — W May
"The first thing is to collect comprehensive data about current ownership. We need a government law that mandate every owner to report their citizenship status as well as their job and their primary residence. I am amazed that CRA is not collecting these data even for tax purposes. After that we can have an informed discussion." — Jane
Last week a 7.8 million dollar house sold for over 9 million. Of the 11 offers 10 were foreign interests using their families VISA's to purchase the property on their behalf. (1) Getting proper information about who is buying and where the money is coming from is definitely a must. (2) A tax on foreign ownership is needed to level the playing field. I say 50% tax on any purchase of a property from foreign interests. This would give average Canadians a chance to compete and generate millions for our government. - Sean G.
No doubt, Liberal is to target foreign Chinese buyers. 自由党其实已大量减少中国移民，也不雇佣任何中国人在自由党内阁当部长，但对中国海外炒房却至今宽容，为什么？ 为的是最后瓮中捉鳖。
CBC原文在此，小编对开头重要一段没翻译：
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cmhc-foreign-housing-1.3479247
“The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) told CBC News on Monday that the housing agency has been in contact with police agencies that track money laundering and tax authorities in order to beef up its data collection on the impact of foreign buyers.”
重点一个是税局，另一个是警察局。
加拿大9大政府机构 正严查外国房产买家