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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. 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Úexperts are available to discuss specifics of the new budget and the government’s long-term economic plans for the province:

AVAILABLE 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚEXPERTS

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,  SFU Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

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778.782.3210

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