Really quickly, I want to take issue with one data point that Mr. Dickie presented.
Just to put the Stats Canada data in real terms, there are estimates that, between April 2016 and April 2021, 253,000 to 331,000 renter households containing 531,000 to 770,000 renters were evicted. As a percentage it can seem fairly small, but you're talking about 770,000 people who were evicted in that five-year period.
In terms of the tools that the federal government has, I think there are a couple of things.
One is that, if the federal government is getting into leadership on housing and will make major investments, there are usually agreements between the federal government and the provinces and/or the municipalities they're contributing cash to. If they can put conditions on those transfers obligating or pushing the provinces and the municipalities to respect the right to housing, they could do that. Under international human rights law, all subnational governments are bound by the treaty signed by the federal government. Canada is bound by international human rights law to respect the right to housing.
Also there are tax measures, as I mentioned.