Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down with Generation Squeeze Founder & UBC Professor Paul Kershaw to talk with our supporters in Vancouver on June 25, 2024. They delved into the 2024 Budget's focus on "Fairness for Every Generation," as well as housing, child care, climate change, deficits, and the challenge of protecting healthy retirements without sacrificing the wellbeing of Millennials, Gen Z, and future generations.

Dig Deeper

• ⁠Slides from the event with graphics⁠
• ⁠⁠Prime Minister Trudeau's budget announcement video⁠, which ends with a plea to older generations: "We can't let them down."⁠
• ⁠Support our call for an Act to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Present and Future Canadians⁠
• ⁠Our take on Budget 2024⁠
• ⁠Leger x Post Media report⁠ that found most Gen Z & Millennials agree that politicians are more interested in protecting interests of older generations and that previous generations are ‘rigging the system’. 
• Previous Hard Truths episodes with ⁠NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh⁠ and ⁠Green Party Leader Elizabeth May⁠