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Conservatives Criticize Robertson's Record

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Federal election fact check: Conservatives blame former Vancouver mayor for high housing prices

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Gregor Robertson has been acclaimed as Liberal candidate in Vancouver Fraserview —South Burnaby.

Robertson 's tenure as mayor included increasing home prices 149 per cent and increasing housing taxes by 141 per cent .

It is true that house prices and housing taxes increased in Vancouver during Robertson ’s tenure.

But housing prices increased everywhere in Metro Vancouver during that time.

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