Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1030 - Is Canada in a Fiscal Crisis? with Dr. Jack Mintz

Brian interviews Dr. Jack Mintz. Dr. Mintz is a World-Renowned Economist, Academic & Public Policy Analyst Widely sought after by governments, businesses and non-profit organizations. He is one of Canada’s most distinguished and influential academics in public policy. As the President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary he researches, builds capacity, and provides leadership specific to tax, financial regulatory and urban policy programs. He talks about his belief that Canada is in a Fiscal Crisis and an article in the National a post arguing that “Canada may not be broken but Ottawa is definitely broke: with growth flat and interest payments ballooning there's no room for new spending unless deficits are cranked up again — a bad idea“.