Federal deficit projections hold steady over five-year horizon

About this episode

Jim discusses the latest economic updates and the political fallout from a joke made by Jimmy Kimmel about Melania Trump.

Jim breaks down the latest from the economic update. The fallout from Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump   GUESTS: Mike Le Coteur - CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Diana Chan McNally - frontline community worker and educator in Toronto Heather Exner Pirot - director of energy, natural resources and environment with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Dave Martin & Simon Rakoff – comedians  

People in this episode

Host: Jim Richards

Guests: Mike Le Coteur, Diana Chan McNally, Heather Exner Pirot, Dave Martin, Simon Rakoff

Topics covered

• economic update
• federal deficit
• political commentary
• comedy
• current events

Keywords

• federal deficit
• economic update
• politics
• comedy
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CTV News, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

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