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The B.C. government unveils its provincial budget today (February 22). The budget follows last week’s launch of the province’s new  economic plan. ´óÏó´«Ã½ experts are available to discuss specifics of the new budget and the government’s long-term economic plans for the province:

AVAILABLE ´óÏó´«Ã½ EXPERTS

RAJIV KOZHIKODE, professor, Beedie School of Business
778.871.1425 | rkozhiko@sfu.ca
Expertise: Corporate political activity, public policy and industry responses, institutions and markets, entrepreneurial communities.

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

MERRAN SMITH, executive director, Clean Energy Canada
To arrange interview, contact through communications specialist Keri McNamara at 778.951.8060 | keri@cleanenergycanada.org
Expertise: clean transportation policy, clean industrial policy, relationship between climate and the economy, climate and the economic strategy.

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance, Beedie School of Business
604.763.3696 | apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: Real estate markets, housing affordability and the B.C. and Canadian economy.

STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies. (*Speaks French)

CONTACT 

MATT KIELTYKA,  ´óÏó´«Ã½ Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

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778.782.3210

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