In terms of the measures that could be taken right away, I would say that in addition to employment insurance, which is the top priority, and raising the child tax benefit--and again, the system is already in place, so it really doesn't take much to raise it, and it would deliver the assistance to those who need it most--the other one would be a national housing strategy.
There was the beginning of that; I think we must give credit to the last budget. There was money for retrofitting a lot of the stock of social housing, but not very much at all for building new affordable housing. That needs to be improved, and we need money for building new affordable housing as well. This is something that the federal government can play a role in and help to make it possible.