On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry talks to Elliot Hughes about how the Department of Finance factors defence when drafting the federal budget.

Participant's bio:

Elliot is a Senior Advisor at Summa Strategies. Prior to joining Summa Elliot was Director of Policy to the Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and before that he served as Deputy Director of Policy – Tax for the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance. https://summastrategies.ca/about/team/

What Elliot Hughes is reading:

Future of Money by Eswar S. Prasad

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen – https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55881796-crossroads

Mutual Contempt by Jeff Shesol – http://shesol.com/mutualcontempt

Blood In The Garden by Chris Herring – https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/blood-in-the-garden-the/9781797139449-item.html

Host Bio:

Dave Perry is President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 31 Mar 2022

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips