Canada PM Mark Carney to announce federal budget – SFU experts available

Against the backdrop of US tariffs, trade negotiations and global economic uncertainty, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil the government’s much-anticipated federal budget tomorrow. SFU experts are available to give their insight on a range of issues.

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

Economics, tariffs and immigration 

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, Beedie School of Business 
apavlov@sfu.ca                     
Expertise: Measures to restore economic growth, housing and economic policies. 
 
SANJAY JERAM, senior lecturer, political science 
604.445.6790 | sjeram@sfu.ca 
Expertise: Who is this budget appealing to? Public opinion, ideologies, provincial political cultures, electoral strategy, immigration and diversity issues. 
 
STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics 
mongrain@sfu.ca 
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies.

STEVEN WELDON, professor, political science
 
steven_weldon@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Politics of diversity, multiculturalism and immigration; public opinion; far-right parties and movements; Europe, Canada and the United States.

Climate change and energy initiatives

Kirsten Zickfeld, Distinguished Professor of Climate Science 
kzickfel@sfu.ca 
Expertise: climate science, carbon budgets, net zero, temperature overshoot, carbon dioxide removal.  

ANDY HIRA, department chair, professor, political science, director, Clean Energy Research Group | anil_hira@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Canadian policy issues related to climate change; energy markets and regulation; green transition for remote and developing communities; geopolitics of energy.

RACHEL DORAN, executive director, Clean Energy Canada, based in Toronto
Contact Sicellia Tsui, senior communications specialist, for interviews: 647.354.3790 | sicellia@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: Climate and energy policy, electric vehicle market, critical minerals, clean economic policy. 

JOANNA KYRIAZIS, director of policy and strategy, Clean Energy Canada, based in Victoria, B.C
Contact Sicellia Tsui, senior communications specialist, for interviews: 647.354.3790 | sicellia@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: Climate policy, climate change and energy law, critical minerals, electric vehicle policies.

Indigenous affairs

GINGER GOSNELL-MYERS, Fellow: Decolonization and Urban Indigenous Planning, SFU Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
gingergm@sfu.ca
Expertise: Gosnell-Myers, a member of the Nisga’a and Kwakwak'awakw Nations, has been bringing forward new perspectives of Indigenous peoples in cities for over 20 years, while breaking down misconceptions about urban Indigenous realities in order to reframe our understanding of both issues and opportunities.

Housing and development

ANDY YAN, director, The City Program   
ayan@sfu.ca 
Expertise: Housing, urban planning and regeneration, neighborhood development, applied demographics, transportation, Vancouver real estate.

Defence

JAMES HORNCASTLE, assistant professor, The Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations 
jhorncas@sfu.ca 
Expertise: Defence procurement, refugees and migration, international relations, nationalism, identity formation, conflict studies, Russia-Ukraine War.

Fraud prevention

MICHAEL FAVERE-MARCHESI, associate professor of accounting, Beedie School of Business (Speaks English, French and Spanish) 
Expertise: fraud prevention, auditing, forensic accounting, and managerial accounting. 
 

Contact

SAM SMITH, SFU Communications & Marketing  
236.880.3297 | samuel_smith@sfu.ca

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