UBC experts on 2025 federal budget
The Carney government is to present its first budget on Tuesday. UBC experts are available to comment on related topics.
Prof. Irene Bloemraad, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
President’s Excellence Chair in Global Migration, Dept. of Political Science, Department of Sociology
Email: i.bloemraad@ubc.ca
Interview languages: Dutch, English, French
Expertise:
- immigration
- border control
- Canada-U.S. relations on immigration
*available Nov. 5-7 only
Wei Cui, MA, JD, LLM
Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: wei.cui@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, Mandarin
Expertise:
- GST
- international taxation
- income tax
- tax administration
Thomas Davidoff
Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division
phone: 778-384-1489
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- housing
- corporate/income
- social insurance
*Available primarily in the mornings
Dr. Alexandra Flynn, JD, LLM, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: flynn@allard.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French
Expertise:
- housing policy
- affordable housing
- public housing
- housing justice
*Available on Central European Time (PST+8)
Cristie Ford, BA, JD, LLM, JSD (doctorate in law)
Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: Please contact media.relations@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French, some Spanish and German
Expertise:
- open banking
- digital assets
- money laundering and financial crime
*Unavailable after 3 p.m. PST Wednesday
Prof. Robert Godin
(He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry
Tel: 250-807-8438
Email: robert.godin@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French/Français
Expertise:
- solar energy
- solar fuels
- sustainability
Kathryn Harrison, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Dept. of Political Science
phone: 604-822-4922
Email: kathryn.harrison@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- environmental policy
- energy projects
- green transition
- climate
Craig E. Jones, PhD
Associate Director, Housing Assessment Resource Tools
phone: 604-818-0493
Email: craig.jones@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- affordable housing
- non-market housing
*Available between 10 a.m.-4.p.m. PST
Paul Kershaw, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), School of Population and Public Health
phone: 604-761-4583
Email: paul.kershaw@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- child care
- social policy
- income assistance
- child benefit package
*Unavailable between 6.a.m.-1.p.m. PST on Nov. 4
Dr. Stewart Prest, PhD
(He/Him/His)
Lecturer, Dept. of Political Science
Email: stewart.prest@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- budget politics
- implications for Canada-U.S. relations
Jason Sutherland, PhD
(He/Him)
Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health
phone: 604-822-6812
Email: jason.sutherland@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French
Expertise:
- health system performance, budgets and spending priorities
*Available before 8 p.m.
Dr. Meaghan Thumath, DPhil, MSc, BSN, RN
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
phone: 604-675-3869
Email: meaghan.thumath@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French, Spanish
Expertise:
- health spending
- investments in biosecurity
- public health emergencies
