Highlights from B.C.’s throne speech include focus on housing issues
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Liberal government is promising better opportunities for buyers to get into the housing market, but warns there is no single solution to soaring prices in some communities.
In a throne speech read Tuesday in the legislature by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon, the government said housing will be a key focus of its political agenda for the coming months.
The new session of the legislature begins amid questions about the conduct of some real estate agents in Metro Vancouver taking advantage of the area’s hot market by allegedly re-selling houses multiple times to increase final prices and their commissions.
“Your government will look into allegations of improper behaviour in the housing market, and where appropriate, government will take action,” the speech says.