Federal budget 2023: SFU experts available

The federal government is set to unveil its 2023 budget on Tuesday, March 28. The budget comes after an economically unsteady year that saw many Canadians endure surging interest rates and rising levels of inflation and household debt. 

The following SFU experts are available to comment on issues related to budget priorities:

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

ECONOMY

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, Beedie School of Business                    
604.763.3696 | apavlov@sfu.ca  
Expertise: the impact of the budget on housing and the general economy.  

ANDY YAN, director, The City Program                    
ayan@sfu.ca  
Expertise: cities, housing, urban planning, transportation. 

HEALTH

ANDREW LONGHURST, PhD candidate, Department of Geography
arlonghu@sfu.ca
Expertise: health care financing and delivery systems, policies, reforms. 

KAREN PALMER, adjunct professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
kpalmer@sfu.ca
Expertise: health care spending, pharmacare and dental care, universal health care. 

CLIMATE

MERRAN SMITH, founder and chief innovation officer, Clean Energy Canada
Contact Keri McNamara, senior communications specialist, for interviews
778.951.8060 | keri@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: climate policy, carbon pricing, electric vehicles, clean energy, clean industrial policy.

MARK ZACHARIAS, executive director, Clean Energy Canada
Contact Keri McNamara, senior communications specialist, for interviews
778.951.8060 | keri@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: climate policy, carbon pricing, electric vehicles, clean energy, clean industrial policy.

SENIORS/AGING

GLORIA GUTMAN, professor emerita, Department of Gerontology
gutman@sfu.ca
Expertise: seniors' housing, long-term care, health promotion, age-friendly hospitals and communities, elder abuse, LGBT aging, seniors and emergency preparedness, increasing advance care planning in marginalized groups.

CONTACT

RAY SHARMA, SFU Communications & Marketing 
778.782.3210 | ray_sharma@sfu.ca

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