Stimulus, recovery, & fiscal responsibility with Kevin Page

Kevin Page joins Nate to discuss fiscal responsibility, stimulus and recovery spending, and fiscal anchors or what the Fall Economic Statement described as “fiscal guardrails.”

Kevin is currently president and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, but no doubt better known as Canada’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer, from 2008 to 2013.

For his work in that role, he’s been described as an “unlikely hero.” And while it’s a job he’s said nobody wanted, himself included, he’s also described it as “the best five years of my public service career,” - a career that included 27 years of experience in the public service including the Department of Finance, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Privy Council Office.

Over the last five years, Nate has relied upon Kevin's advice and guidance in reviewing federal budgets and scrutinizing spending, and that continues in this conversation.