Andrew Longhurst, B.A. (Hons), M.A., is a political economist, health policy researcher, and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University. His research has been published in academic journals and by research institutes, including Canadian Journal on Aging, Political Geography, Space and Polity, the CCPA, and the Parkland Institute. His past publications include At What Cost? (CCPA-Ontario, 2023), Failing to Deliver: The Alberta Surgical Initiative and Declining Surgical Capacity (Parkland Institute, 2023), and Reducing Surgical Wait Times (co-authored with Marcy Cohen and Margaret McGregor, CCPA-BC, 2016). Follow him on Bluesky at @alonghurst.bsky.social.