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Provincial budget — issues and experts (updated *)
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February 17, 2004
BC budget delivered Tuesday…The Liberal government is bringing down its first balanced budget Feb. 17 promising little in the way of new spending. SFU experts can look at the budget’s impact on everything from social programs and education to how spending will effect voters in general. They include:
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Lindsay Meredith, business, 604.291.5554, 939.0460(h); lindsay_meredith@sfu.ca
Budget analysis; political marketing strategy
John Richards, business, 604.291.4658; jrichard@sfu.ca
Budget implications for social programs
Gary Mauser, business, 604.291.3652; gary_mauser@sfu.ca
Political marketing strategy, the government’s public image
*David Andolfatto, economics, 604.291.5825; david_andolfatto@sfu.ca
Labour market policy (welfare, employment insurance, etc., economic growth, monetary policy
Patrick Smith, political science, 604.291.1544 (h); patrick_smith@sfu.ca
Political implications of the budget
Paul Shaker, dean of education, 604.291.3148; pshaker@sfu.ca
Budget impact on education
Peter Grimmett, education, 604.291.4937; grimmett@sfu.ca
Budget impact on education
Bruce Clayman, vice-president, research, 604.291.4152; clayman@sfu.ca
Budget implications for university research
Don Avison, president of the university president’s council, 1.250.480.4819, avisond@uvic.ca
Post-secondary funding
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