Tories look to Australia for solution to foreign buyer issue
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A re-elected Conservative government would consider an Australia-style ban on foreign investors who wish to purchase existing residential housing in red-hot markets like Metro Vancouver. Prime Minister Stephen Harper floated the idea in his party’s full election platform, which was released Friday in Richmond.