It is almost certain, however, that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heard of Yuen Pau Woo’s moving and shaking and his potential to perhaps coordinate party fundraisers among Chinese millionaires and billionaires because Trudeau almost immediately recommended Woo’s appointment to the Senate.
When the Trudeau Liberals’ 2019 election platform promised the introduction of a 1% equity tax on property owned by non-resident foreigners, Woo was soon giving interviews to news agencies like Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, wherein Woo complained upfront that Canadians didn’t particularly like rich Asians.
Two weeks after his Hong Kong interview, Woo told reporters here that he had no comment on the equity tax and its annual potential to raise $217-million in revenues.
Then, when Blacklock’s Reporter dove into Woo’s Twitter account, it found him ridiculing claims that wealthy Chinese speculators were driving up Vancouver’s housing prices.
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