Politicians on both sides of the aisle are pushing back against Canada’s efforts to tax non-Canadians who own vacant property.

It’s a move that would affect Western New Yorkers with vacation homes across the border.

Canadian leaders say they’re prepared to start implementing the new 1% tax on empty foreign-owned properties next year, arguing they need to relieve stress on the Toronto Metro-area housing market, something state Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt feels is unfair.

"At a time when the rest of the world is opening up, the Canadian government seems intent on keeping their borders closed to outsiders," he said. "They have prevented American owners from visiting their properties for over a year and cannot, in good faith, impose a tax on them for their inability to visit their Canadian properties."

Ortt says he supports the idea by some U.S. leaders to fire back with a retaliatory tax if Canada goes through with its plans.