A closer look at the federal budget, including affordability initiatives and green policies.

The Briefs; The federal budget; GST rebate extended; bank taxes; Canadian GDP; Rogers-Shaw Deal approved; CIB makes biofuels bet; Lululemon and Dollarama show retailers are alive and well. Are we measuring poverty correctly? Guest: Geranda Notten, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, and author of the Deprivation Measure Index. Will the new tax credits be the right way to help transition Canada’s economy? Guest: Michael Bernstein, Executive Director, Clean Prosperity When our federal government runs a deficit, the cost in interest payments on debt stacks up fast. If we are complacent about it, government’s have no reason to find their way to balance.