Incentives would be welcome. For example, if a building owner retrofits a building quite significantly, at the end of the day, they have to pay the capital improvement tax. If there could be a break, for example, in the tax system for many developers, that would be quite welcome to them, in terms of their getting a break on green development for something they bear the costs of, but of which the beneficiaries are really the occupants and Canadians, through a better quality of life.
On March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.