The federal budget will be unveiled Thursday and is expected to focus on affordability, small business, sovereignty, cultural institutions, immigration and more.
Western University experts are available to speak with media on a range of topics.
Affordability
Danielle Battram
Associate Professor, Director, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences; registered dietitian
- Cost of living
- Household economics
- Effective nutrition and food education
- Food literacy in children and adolescents
Kate Choi
Professor, Sociology; Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality
- Housing affordability
- Population aging
- Family policy
Business, entrepreneurship, and the economy
Colin Campbell
Professor Emeritus, Law
- Corporate tax law
- Tax law
Rory Gillis
Assistant Professor, Law
- Tax law
- Tax policy
- Federalism
Eric Morse
Professor, Ivey Business School; Executive Director, Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship
- Founders
- Scaling ventures
Sergio Ocampo
Assistant professor, Economics
- Taxation
- Capital taxation
- Trade
Brandon Schaufele
Associate Professor, Ivey Business School; Director, Ivey Energy Policy and Management
- Productivity Mega Deduction and its impact on investment decisions
- Energy and resource investment
- How tax policy interacts with regulation and climate goals
- Competition policy and regulated utilities
Stephen Williamson
Professor, Economics; Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Central Banking; former Bank of Canada Fellow 2018-2022
- Financial economics
- Monetary economics
- Large-scale economies (GDP, inflation, consumption, investment, etc.)
Employment
Audra Bowlus
Professor, Economics
- Labour market
- Training programs
- Skill shortages
- Employment Insurance changes
Finance and budgets
Mahmood Nanji
Lawrence Centre Policy Fellow, Ivey Business School; former Associate Deputy Minister at Ontario’s Ministry of Finance (note: on Nov. 5 he is only available after the budget lockup lifts)
- Development of budgets
- Tariffs and trade
- Tax administration
Immigration
Victoria Esses
Professor, Psychology; Director, Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations
- Border measures
- Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) responses to refugees
- Immigration and cultural diversity
- Ethnic relations
Michael Haan
Professor, Sociology; Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western
- Demographics
- Education
- Labour force
- Research on immigrant and refugee settlement
Politics of budgets
Laura Stephenson
Professor and Chair, Political Science
- Canadian politics
- Public opinion
- Electoral engagement with politics
Privatization of airports
Geraint Harvey
Professor, DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies; Dancap Private Equity Chair in Human Organization
- Privatization of airports
- Employment relationships
- Changing nature of work
Technology
Joshua Pearce
Professor, Ivey Business School and Engineering; John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation
- Economic savings from adoption of open-source computer systems, software, and hardware
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