Budget 2025: "cautiously optimistic"

It's a power-packed post-Budget panel podcast featuring a plethora of Canadian policy wonks! Vass Bednar (Canadian SHIELD Institute), Benjamin Bergen (CCI), and Jaxson Khan (Aperture AI) join to explore the story Budget 2025 tells of Canada, and what juicy nuggets of tech policy and financial commitments need to be dunked in the dipping sauce of greater detail. Let's dig in! The BetaKit Podcast is presented by Zoho, developers of a unique and powerful software suite that transforms the way you work. Zoho's flagship user conference, Zoholics Toronto 2025, is coming November 18-19 at the Toronto Congress Centre! Join hundreds of business leaders, customers, and Zoho experts for two days of learning, inspiration, and connection. Explore the latest in AI, automation, and cloud-powered collaboration—and see how Zoho's all-in-one suite helps organizations work smarter and grow faster. Visit to learn more and secure your spot. Related links: What's in for Canadian tech? After years of disappointment and delay, commits to a "competitive and innovative" financial system hints at full scope of federal government's defence agenda Canadian tech sees as "about-face" from last government's stance on business

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Budget 2025: "cautiously optimistic" is an episode from CanCon Podcast by Douglas Soltys.

This episode is 01:19:52 long.

This episode was published on Nov 7, 2025.

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