The University of British Columbia

UBC experts will be available on March 29 to provide media commentary and analysis on the funding decisions, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s upcoming federal budget.

POLITICS

Maxwell Cameron, Dept. of Political Science
Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Tel: 604-822-3129, 604-827-5599
Email: Max.Cameron@ubc.ca

• Budget politics; Liberal and NDP reactions

BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY

James Brander
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8483
Email: brander@sauder.ubc.ca

• What the budget means for Canada and B.C.
• Public sector and business impacts

Paul Beaudry
Dept. of Economics, Fellow of the Bank of Canada
Canada Research Chair in Macroeconomics
Tel: 604-822-8624, 778-866-0038
Email: paulbe@mail.ubc.ca

• What the budget means for Canada (note: not provincial matters)
• Labour/employment matters
• Banking/finance matters

Werner Antweiler
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8484
E-mail: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca

• Taxes and subsidies for businesses

PENSIONS AND FAMILIES

Kevin Milligan
Dept. of Economics
Twitter: @kevinmilligan

• Update: Interview availability now full, but will live-tweet budget commentary beginning 1 p.m. PST
• Pensions and old-age security
• Personal income tax issues

Paul Kershaw
UBC Human Early Learning Partnership
Tel: 604-761-4583
Email: paul.kershaw@ubc.ca
Web: http://blogs.ubc.ca/newdealforfamilies/

• Pensions and old-age security
• Policies and programs for families
• Income inequality

HEALTH CARE

Kimberlyn McGrail, School of Population and Public Health
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Tel: 778-998-3821
Email: kmcgrail@chspr.ubc.ca

• The health care system
• Population aging

ARTS AND CULTURE

Jerry Wasserman
Depts. of English and Theatre, Film and Creative Writing
Tel: 604-822-4485
E-mail: jerrywas@interchange.ubc.ca

• What the budget means for arts and culture

ENVIRONMENT

Kathryn Harrison
Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604-822-4922
Email: harrison@politics.ubc.ca

• Canada’s environmental laws and policy positions

John Richardson
Faculty of Forestry
Tel: 604-822-6586
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca

• Wildlife and environment protection

Visit the UBC newsroom for updates to this list at: www.ubc.ca/news.

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