Sean Speer is a Munk Senior Fellow for fiscal policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He is also an associate fellow at the R Street Institute and a fellow at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Governance. He previously served in different roles for the federal government including as senior economic advisor to the Prime Minister. He has written extensively about federal policy issues, including taxes and government spending, retirement income security, social mobility, and economic competitiveness. His articles have appeared in every major national and regional newspaper in Canada (including the Globe and Mail and National Post) as well as prominent US-based publications (including the Wall Street Journal and National Review Online).? Sean holds an M.A. in History from Carleton University and has studied economic history as a PhD candidate at Queen’s University.