Jake Sawatzky
- Born
- 2000 — Surrey, British Columbia
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia (UBC) 2024; Pursuing a master's degree in counselling psychology at Trinity Western University
- Career
- Co-founded We Outside, a concert booking agency
- Political Experience
- Elected as the member of Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville in the 2025 Canadian federal election
- Notable
- Named after his grandfather, Jacob Sawatzky, a Mennonite refugee. President of Drop the Puck for Mental Health. Member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Where Jake falls on key policy spectrums
Your Money
People & Society
How We're Governed
Land & Community
Peter Julian won with 17,574 votes (31.5%)
Total votes cast: 55,703
Thank you very much. I'm looking through some of your past experience. I see here you were a founding board member of the P.E.I. Alliance for Mental Well-Being. This is an area that I think is quite important. Could you speak a bit to your work as a founding board member?
Thank you very much for sharing. That's a very impactful story, and I'm very happy to hear that it made an impact. Coming to another one of your experiences here, as associate assistant deputy minister for financial policy at Finance Canada, could you speak to what some of your day-to-day work in that role was, as well as how that might give you some experience as the PBO?
Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Ms. Ryan, for coming here today. I'd also like to take a moment to thank interim PBO Mr. Jacques for his work. Maybe you could elaborate a bit on your experience in public service. How do you think your government-wide experience will contribute to fulfilling your role as PBO?
Thank you, Chair. Thank you for coming today, Mr. Cory and Mr. Duguay. I'm very excited to hear about investing in the right way. You mentioned the electrical intertie and growing the electrical grids and supply. I think that's really important going forward. I come from British Columbia, where of course we have a lot of hydroelectric. I'm wondering if you could speak to the importance of [more]
Thank you very much. That's wonderful to hear. I certainly hope it passes soon as well. Going over to you, Ms. Oliver, in Wealthsimple's pre-budget consultations, there was a note that: ...exit fees have risen from $0 to $75 in the early 2010s to near-ubiquitous $150 per account in 2025—costing Canadians hundreds of millions of dollars annually and borne disproportionately by Gen Z and [more]
Thank you very much. I guess you would say that this budget is on the right track. Is that correct?
Thank you, Chair. Thank you to all our witnesses for coming today. Ms. Vega, I wonder if I could start with a general question. Could you summarize what from budget 2025 you think will be most beneficial for Canadians?
Thank you. Especially at a time when a lot of young people are having issues with affordability, I think there would be some welcome change there. Wealthsimple's pre-budget consultation also called for completing consumer-driven banking—
Absolutely. Thank you very much. Can you maybe dive in a little bit further and speak to the efficiencies that electrification provides? I'm thinking about heat pumps in homes, more EV chargers and people having maybe even batteries within their homes. How can that improve the efficiency and even affordability of people's daily lives in Canada?
Thank you. In the minute I have left, maybe I can ask two really quick questions. In my own riding, I have a lot of extensive rail lines going through: CN rail, CPKC and SRY. Could you speak briefly to the trade corridor investments?