Hello Michael Babad!

This is the MOST disappointing column of yours that I have ever read.

Please, sir, take a look at your headline: "Here's what foreign-buyer tax did to Vancouver home prices".

Hello?

Look, man, you CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

It is ridiculous that you march forward today with your definitive declaration that, oh, house prices in Vancouver are dropping and that is certainly because of the tax against foreigners.

Do you realize how obvious your hypocrisy is, to your readers?

For about five years now you have been diligently towing the (laughable) Globe and Mail line that oh, well, Vancouver house prices are rising, sure, but that's because of a strong local job market, and low mortgage rates attracting workers in Canada, and the warm weather, blah blah blah.

Ah, but today, with a tiny, tiny drop in house prices, well, suddenly that DROP is a HUNDRED PERCENT because of the tax against foreigners.

Absolute face-plant fail, sir. Readers can see through the games.