Will a 1% tax on foreign buyers help control housing prices | Fact Check

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised to bring in a national one per cent tax on properties owned by people who are not Canadian and do not live in Canada, saying it would help control housing affordability — but will it? Evan Dyer checks the facts.

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