Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Frances Bula
Publication Date: July 30, 2025 - 20:01
Eby rebuffs developers’ calls to loosen foreign investment rules in housing
July 30, 2025
B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed calls by property developers for the federal and provincial governments to loosen restrictions on foreign investment in the housing sector, saying he doesn’t want to return to the old system that allowed rampant and uncontrolled foreign investment in Canadian housing.
The Premier was responding to an open letter from B.C. developers this week that was also sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson.
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