Brian Crombie interviews Daniel Beland political science professor at McGill about the federal budget. We discuss the political reaction, housing, capital gains, provincial premiers and is this going to help the Liberals survive. 

Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor at the Department of Political Science at McGill. A student of politics and public policy, he is currently working on research projects focusing on issues ranging from universal social policy and health care reform to the role of ideas in policy development and the relationship between fiscal policy and welfare state development.

Brian Crombie then discuss the power of big ideas to create urban renewal from NHL hockey rinks to waterfront retail entertainment to parks to transit. I have been involved in downtown revitalization projects in several stories and at Disney amusement parks and bring my experience to Mississauga with some potential big ideas.