Golf deductions

Can this be true?  Surely not:

Some MPs, led (it seems) by the NDP, think this is a good moment in history to begin pressing for a tax deduction for golfers. The All Party Golf Caucus was formed last year with one overriding goal: to convince the government that golf games are a valid business expense, worthy of a 50% tax deduction.
NDP MP Peter Stoffer, who assembled the caucus, said a lot has changed since 1972, when tax write-offs for golf-related expenses were scrapped. Driving, chipping and putting is not only for corporate fat cats anymore, he said, now that more than six million Canadians play golf — even more than play hockey.
“It was considered an elitist sport, that only the rich and wealthy play golf,” he said. “Today, golf is main street.”