2013 until december 10, 2014, you served as emergency manager of detroit. Kevyn yes. Brian why did you take the job . Kevyn i have been asked that a lot of times. I was a restructuring professional. Detroit is 83 africanamerican, a city that had gone through several decades of decline. It was a city that needed restructuring. I initially was a little reluctant to take the job. I thought it would be difficult and i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Do not have anything to do with w
Discussion among all the leaders. We will go through that process twice for each of our four subjects. We drew lots to determine the speaking order. Everybody here knows that order, but nobody in any of the parties have seen or heard the questions i will be asking tonight. The parties have agreed that at any point i can intervene to direct conversation. Lets begin with our first topic, the economy. This is one subject on everybodys mind as the election approaches, the economy. We have dangerous economic wind flowing in canada. The countrys Economic Health is shaky. We are coming out of a mild recession. Oil prices have slumped, exports are weak. What is ottawas proper role in the canada . Thats the context of our discussion. Mr. Wells as the luck of the draw would have it, the first question goes to the liberal leader, justin trudea. Mr. Trudeau good evening. Mr. Wells canadians are feeling anxious about the economy. Manufacturing is hurting. The price of oil is down. Your economic pla