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YORK UNIVERSITY EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON MARTIN BUDGET

TORONTO, February 18, 1997: York University has experts who can comment on the budget being released today by the Canadian federal government.

  • NEIL BROOKS - a law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, is available to talk specifically about taxation and the GST. (416) 736-5047 or at home at (905) 880-4735.

  • SETH FELDMAN - dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, an expert on the budget and arts administration, can speak about aspects of Canadian culture related to the federal budget. (416) 736-2100 ext. 33881.

  • GORDON ROBERTS - a professor in the Schulich School of Business at York University, and the director of the school's Financial Services Program and CIBC Professor of Finance, is an expert on how the financial community regards the budget and how investors react. (416) 736-2100 ext. 77953 or at home at (416) 944-8581.

  • BRENDA SPOTTON - a professor of economics at Atkinson College, York University, can speak generally about different issues related to the federal budget. (416) 736-5218 ext. 20224.

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    If you wish to find an expert to speak on another aspect of the budget, call:

    Mary Ann Horgan
    Media Relations
    York University
    (416) 736-2100 ext. 22086

    Sine MacKinnon
    Senior Advisor for Media Relations
    York University
    (416) 736-2100 ext. 22087
    YU/017/97