Topic: Federal Budget

Hundreds of Indigenous reserves in Canada remain under long-term boil water advisories due to a lack of basic infrastructure. The segment criticizes the Canadian government for allocating billions of dollars to foreign aid and vaccine passport systems while failing to provide clean drinking water to its own citizens. The author calls for a serious conversation about moving beyond the Indian Act to improve living conditions on reserves.

White analyzes the timing of military strikes in Syria and North Korea as a move to increase demand for long-term US treasuries. He suggests this was a calculated CEO-style move by the Trump administration to improve the US debt position ahead of debt ceiling discussions. The segment also touches on the proposed 2018 budget as the largest reorganization of the federal government in history.