Thank you for the question.
I agree with you that many families and individuals in Quebec and right across Canada need this support now.
I want to remind you once again that we are already investing $454.3 million to provide 145,000 households in Quebec with rental supports through the Canada housing benefit agreement that we signed with Quebec. That money is already flowing. This is a $500 one-time top-up to that existing support.
The 30% threshold is recognized as a metric to make sure that all Canadians are eligible to have equitable access, no matter where they live. It is recognized as an indicator of whether an individual has access to affordable housing or not. If they are spending 30% of their income or more on housing costs, then that is considered unaffordable.