Todd starts the show by giving his thoughts on the revelation that Rona Ambrose was vacationing on a billionaire’s yacht during Justin Trudeau’s vacation scandal. He talks about New Brunswick’s disappointing 2017 budget. He discusses the federal government’s plans to recoup all of the overpaid money it provided to civil servants through its troubled payroll system. He comments on the appointment of Jerry Falwell Jr. as the head of a U.S. Department of Education’s policies and procedures task force. And closes the segment by mentioning the New England Patriots and their dramatic Super Bowl win.
Glenn Davis, vice-president of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce, joins us to discuss his organization’s concerns over New Brunswick’s latest unbalanced budget. And Canadian pension reform advocate Bill Tufts is on to talk about the current state of public pensions across Canada.
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