UBC experts are available for commentary on the federal budget, to be tabled on Wednesday, March 22. Topics include housing, taxation, retirement income, infrastructure and more.
James Brander
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8483
Cell: 604.808.7021
Email: james.brander@sauder.ubc.ca
- International trade policy
- Renewable resource management
- Entrepreneurial sector and venture capital finance
Thomas Davidoff
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8325
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
- Housing and household finance
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 access and affordability
- Affordable home ownership
- Rental housing: Canada and internationally
Ross Hickey
Economics, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences (based at UBC Okanagan)
Tel: 250.807.8653
Email: ross.hickey@ubc.ca
- Taxation
- Charitable giving
Paul Kershaw (Participating in budget lock-up in Ottawa)
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
Kevin Milligan
UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604.822.6747
Email: kevin.milligan@ubc.ca (email to arrange interviews)
- What the budget means for Canada and B.C.
- Personal income taxes
- Pensions and old-age security
David Moscrop
Department of Political Science
Tel: 778.918.1348
Email: david.moscrop@gmail.com
- Political decision making
- Party politics
- Democratic engagement
Tsur Somerville
UBC Sauder School of Business
Cell: 604.329.4585
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
- Housing policy and affordability
- Real estate and housing markets
- 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