Chrystia Freeland makes her way to a ceremony naming her Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa, Wednesday November 20, 2019. The Minister of Everything has one more hot potato on her plate. Justin Trudeau has tapped Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to chair a cabinet committee aimed at co-ordinating the federal government's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is calling on landlords to show compassion to renters facing difficulty meeting their May 1 deadline because of COVID-19 difficulties.
She says if a tenant has lost income, now is a good time for a landlord to support their neighbours and their country in a time of crisis.
Freeland says it is also a time for banks to be thoughtful about the mortgage payments that landlords must pay.