Economist Armine Yalnizyan joins Max to examine whether the federal budget meets the moment.

Yalnizyan argues that Carney is relying on a familiar economic playbook of corporate tax incentives, despite decades of disappointing business investment. She explains why Canada's overlooked care economy is central to solving its productivity problems, especially as the population ages.

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Max Fawcett sits down with David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, to examine the state of political polling after the U.S. midterms and what the latest data reveals about young Canadians and the growing generational divide. They explore why millennials and Gen Z feel the economic system is failing them, how housing affordability and job insecurity are shaping their political attitudes, and why neither the Liberals nor Conservatives can count on their loyalty.

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Award-winning author Chris Turner, whose book How to Be a Climate Optimist makes the case for hope in the face of the climate crisis, joins Max today.

They discuss why clean technologies are spreading faster than many expected, even in places where climate policy isn't driving the change. They also examine what Canada's carbon tax debate has taught us about climate politics, whether Mark Carney can deliver on climate action and why selling people on the immediate benefits of clean technology may be more effective than warning them about the future.

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