Trust in government & reflections on Budget 2022 with Sahir Khan & Brett House

Uncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith

English - April 12, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MB
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Nate is joined by Sahir Khan and Brett House to discuss Budget 2022, tabled on April 7th 2022.

Sahir is a public finance executive, teacher, advisor and speaker. The focus of his work has been on budgetary and financial analysis, reporting and organizational performance. He is a co-founder of the University of Ottawa-affiliated IFSD.

Brett House is a macro-economist, the former deputy chief economist at Scotiabank, a Rhodes scholar, and a senior fellow at Massey College.

The conversations with each guest range from fiscal sustainability and fiscal prudence in an inflationary environment to modern supply-side economics, as well as cryptocurrencies. With both conversations highlighting the importance of trust in government.

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