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RE: Speculation Tax

To Whom It May Concern:

My husband and I have raised six fabulous, very successful children and spent most of our summer vacations and many winter ski holidays in  beautiful B.C. We love the area so much that 18 years ago we bought a waterfront condo. Now, not only my husband and I, but all of our children and grandchildren enjoy the beautiful area. As I am writing this, one of my sons and his family are enjoying the condo, skiing, buying groceries going to restaurants, supporting local services. If this tax goes through you will not have this boost to the local economy.
Our holiday condo is used by all of my children and grandchildren (two of the families are B.C. residents). Throughout the year we support many local businesses from sporting goods stores to home improvement stores.
We were so upset and insulted to here that our neighbors and fellow Canadians were going to treat us like this. It is not a very well thought out way for a government to get out of a hole as I truly feel it will totally backfire. What will happen if we cannot handle the increase in taxes and pull out of your fabulous province.  So many of the local businesses will be adversely affected.
Us fellow Canadian citizens who love to enjoy our most western province are not the problem.
Please rethink this terrible tax bill and try find a workable solution to your financial problems.
Over taxing some of your biggest supporters in not very sensible.
From a very concerned fellow Canadian,

Patty Metcalfe