Party Lines
with Rosemary Barton, Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Pandemic anger and the federal budget
25 mins
April 15, 2021
The pandemic isn't over but many people are over it. They're fed up with COVID-19, fed up with the lockdowns, and fed up with how governments have handled this whole pandemic. So today, Rosie and Elamin talk about the various ways people are expressing their anger, and whether there's anything governments can do to address the reasons for that anger.
Plus, the two check in about the upcoming federal budget. It's the government's first in two years and — in the context of the pandemic and the economic crisis — it may be one of the most important budgets in decades. Will the government take on big, ambitious social issues at this juncture, or will they lay out a path to curb stimulus spending?