By Nono Shen Standing in a boardroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Shawn Bouchard, vice-president of Quadra Homes in Abbotsford, B.C., said he initially planned to kick off his speech by burning a $20 bill before putting it a glass of water. But staff told him it might set off the fire alarm, Bouchard said. “That’s what happens. When you have a bad policy. You just burn money,” said Bouchard during a news conference Monday. He was among several groups calling for the British Columbia government to set up a permanent roundtable of experts to lead housing policy as the province’s push to build more homes creates confusion and delays within communities. The groups, which includes the BC Real Estate Association, the Aboriginal Housing Management Association, Canadian Mortgage Brokers and…
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