Finance Minister Joy MacPhail will present the provincial budget
on Tuesday, March 30. Faculty at the University of British Columbia
have expertise in a number of key areas related to the budget:
Post-secondary funding
Assoc. Prof. Hans Schuetze, Educational Studies Dept.; co-ordinator,
Higher Education Program, Faculty of Education, 604.822.4860
- Expertise in post-secondary financing systems, student fees
and student loan re-payment plans.
Prof. Robert Allen, Economics Dept., 604.822.5661
- Impact of the budget on post-secondary education in B.C.
Research issues
Bernard Bressler, vice-president, Research, 604.822.4813
- Budget implications for university research.
Health funding
Prof. Robert Evans, Economics Dept., 604.822.4692
- Health economist. Evans is a senior research associate with
UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research.
Prof. Katharyn May, director, UBC’s School of Nursing, 604.822.7438
- Will provide a nursing perspective on how the budget addresses
health issues.
Taxation
Prof. Jonathan Kesselman, Economics Dept., 604.822.5608
- Expert on taxation and overall budgetary balance. Kesselman
is director of UBC’s Centre for Research on Economic and Social
Policy.
Asst. Prof. Amin Mawani, Faculty of Commerce and Business
Administration, 604.822.8531
- A tax planning expert from a microeconomic perspective, he will
analyze the budget’s impact on individuals, families and small
business.
Social issues
Asst Prof. Frank Tester, School of Social Work, 604.822.2100
- Expert on Canadian social policy, the history of the welfare
state and social policy development in Canada and the impact of
social policy decisions on aboriginal peoples.
Budget Planning
Assoc. Prof. Jim Nason, Economics Dept., 604.822.5994
- Economic factors that go into budget planning such as unemployment
and interest rates. Nuts and bolts of how government plans a budget;
how the process works.
B.C. politics
Prof. Donald Blake, Political Science Dept., 604.822.2490
- Expertise in B.C. politics. Author of a book on polarization
and political behaviour in B.C.
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