UBC experts are available for commentary on the federal budget, to be tabled on Tuesday, March 22. Topics include housing affordability, taxation, retirement income, infrastructure and more.
Paul Beaudry
Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604-822-8624
Cell (text preferred): 778.866.0038
E-mail: paul.beaudry@ubc.ca
- Macroeconomic implications
Joy Begley
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8527
Email joy.begley@sauder.ubc.ca
- Pensions
James Brander
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8483
Cell: 604.808.7021
Email: james.brander@sauder.ubc.ca
Kai Chan
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Cell: 778-839-9820
Email: kaichan@ires.ubc.ca
- Environmental policy
- Climate change
- Science funding
Carey Doberstein
Political Science unit, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences UBC’s Okanagan campus
Tel: 250.807.9017
Email carey.doberstein@ubc.ca
David Duff
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Tel: 604.827.3586
Email: duff@law.ubc.ca
- Tax law and policy
- Small business
Penny Gurstein
School of Community and Regional Planning
Tel: 604.822.6065
Email: penny.gurstein@ubc.ca
- Housing affordability – policies and programs
Ross Hickey
Economics faculty, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
UBC’s Okanagan campus
Tel: 250.807.8653
Email: ross.hickey@ubc.ca
- Taxation
- Charitable giving
Paul Kershaw (note: participating in the March 22 budget lock-up)
School of Population and Public Health
Cell: 604.761.4583
Email: paul.kershaw@ubc.ca
- Implications for Canadians in their 20s, 30s, 40s and their children
- Generational equity, including policy related to housing, families, retirement income and medical care
Thomas Lemieux
Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604.822.2092
Email: thomas.lemieux@ubc.ca
- Labour market issues
Kim McGrail
School of Population and Public Health
Cell: 778.998.3821
Email: kim.mcgrail@ubc.ca
- Health issues
Craig Riddell (available on March 22 after 3:30 pm Pacific)
Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604.822.2106
Email: craig.riddell@ubc.ca
- Employment insurance
- Immigration
- Inequality
- Labour market
Tsur Somerville
UBC Sauder School of Business
Cell: 604.329.4585
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
- Housing policy and affordability
- Real estate
- Mortgage finance
Martino Tran
School of Community and Regional Planning
Tel: 604.822.5518
Email: martino.tran@ubc.ca
- Infrastructure investment (power supplies, buildings, roads)
- Climate change policy