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Experts on immigration, rate cuts, U.S. election and liberal leadership

Western University experts are available to discuss immigration targets, Bank of Canada rate cut, U.S. presidential election and Liberal party leadership.

 October 24, 2024

 October 24, 2024

Immigration targets
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce changes to immigration targets.

Vicki Esses 
Professor, Psychology; Director, Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations

Areas of expertise: Immigration policy, welcoming communities and immigration, migration and irregular border crossings, refugee flows.

Kate Choi
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality

Areas of expertise: Social demography, family sociology, immigrant and refugee fertility, social inequality, racial and socioeconomic disparities.

Michael Haan
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western

Areas of Expertise: Demographics, education, labour force, research on immigrant and refugee settlement.

Bank of Canada rate cut
The key interest rate has been cut by 0.50 per cent, widely seen as good news for homeowners.

Cristián Bravo
Associate Professor, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences; Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics

Areas of expertise: Bank of Canada interest rate strategy, banking and financial institutions, credit scoring and credit risk, profit-driven business analytics.

U.S. presidential election
There are less than two weeks to go in the run-up to the election.

Matt Lebo
Professor, Political Science

Areas of expertise: American domestic politics, debates, the presidency and presidential elections, congressional elections and political parties in Congress.

Liberal leadership
Despite calls to step down, Justin Trudeau remains the leader of the federal Liberals following caucus.

Laura Stephenson 
Professor, Chair, Political Science

Areas of expertise: Political behaviour, shift in the dimensions of political debate, foreign interference, voter attitudes and public opinion, electoral engagement with politics.

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