Yes, I believe it absolutely can. Canada acceded to the the right to housing under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 50 years ago this year. The anniversary is actually coming up next month, I believe.
In that time, unfortunately, we have not seen a huge improvement in the realization of the right to housing across the population, even though it committed us to a process of the progressive realization of this right and it is binding on all subnational governments within Canada. That includes all of the provinces and territories. I would say Quebec is actually one of those that has, by far, accepted and celebrated it, and has in place processes to recognize the right to housing and other human rights, especially economic and social rights that, in many other parts of the country, are just not as talked about and as embedded in the way the government works.
I think Quebec has figured out a way, and it's championing a lot of these human rights, including the right to housing. I think there are other provinces that should be looking to its work on international human rights and the domestic implementation of those rights for guidance on how to expand these elsewhere in Canada.