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One of the things that became increasingly clear was the unbelievable economic benefit that provinces and territories would receive, both in revenues returned to government coffers because of increased taxes and spending and also the impact of the pandemic, the “she-cession”, and the fact that so many women who had been out of the workforce because of the pandemic were now returning. It was so important.
There's a labour shortage in this country, and there's a housing shortage. One of the things that I think convinced a few governments is that these are workers who are already here and who already have housing as well. Most importantly, the economics don't lie. This is really smart economic and social policy, and it's hard to argue with those facts when you have them in front of you.