It's easily implemented by the government. You can say to a group that you want to target individuals with a certain income, and whether it's seniors or whether it's the working poor, they're immediately targeted. We know that they are most likely renting. We know that they have a right to housing and that this right is not being realized. Then you are able to have that targeted group and ask what fiscal constraints the government has: Can we allow them to have a $500 deduction per year, or $1,000 or $5,000 or whatever that deduction is per year?
Down south, there is mortgage interest deductibility. Here in Canada, we have the opportunity to bring in a deductibility associated with a specific amount of rental payments made by individuals who we know are a targeted group and who are food-insecure. It's something that the government has the capacity and the ability to do and can implement readily.
