The Liberals agreed to overhaul the program after hearing complaints from cities about cumbersome reporting requirements, inadequate funding and unrealistic expectations about how quickly the money should be spent. Municipal governments administer most of Canada's housing programs but construction and rent subsidies are expensive so the cities rely on provincial and federal governments to support them. The Liberals say they are working with national Indigenous groups on how to allocate that new spending. Poverty-reduction targets already appear in the Liberals' latest budget-implementation bill, styled as the first phase of a full poverty-reduction law. The government's strategy sets reduction targets of 20 per cent from 2015 levels by 2020 and 50 per cent by 2030.

Source: CBC News November 05, 2018 21:22 UTC