Sean Speer
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Sean Speeris a Canadian academic, commentator, and public policy analyst. He is senior fellow at theUniversity of Toronto'sMunk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,[1]Fellow in strategic competitiveness at thePublic Policy Forum,[2]Editor-at-largeat The Hub,[3]and a regular contributor to theNational Post.[4]He has been published inThe Globe and Mail,[5]Maclean's,[6]C2CJournal,[7]National Review,[8]andPolicy Options.[9]
Brian Lee Crowley,a Canadian author, and public policy commentator, called him "one of the brightest intellectual lights of his generation."[10]Former Prime MinisterStephen Harpersaid he was "an impressive thinker in [...] the areas of modern conservatism, economics, history, and public policy."[11]In 2015, he was named in the Top 25 Most Powerful & Influential People in Government and Politics byThe Hill Timesas a PMO[clarification needed]advisor to Prime MinisterStephen Harper.[12]In 2021, he was ranked 38th on Maclean's power list, earning the nickname as "the thinking man's Conservative."[13]
Career
[edit]In 2007, Speer was convinced to put off finishing his PhD studies in economics to joinPresident of the Treasury BoardVic Toews' office as a policy adviser.[14]In 2009, he joined thePrime Minister's Officeas a policy adviser, responsible for the Finance portfolio. By 2010, he began also serving as a manager in stakeholder relations while maintaining a role as policy adviser. The Hill Times reported that he was "rumoured to have disliked the stakeholder relations position", and in 2012, he was named the PMO's senior economic policy adviser, responsible for the Finance and the Treasury Board portfolio.
In 2012, Speer becameFinance MinisterJim Flaherty's Director of Policy.[15]Before the July 2013 cabinet shuffle, he announced his resignation and joined theFraser Instituteas director of the Centre for Fiscal Studies.[16]In November 2014, he rejoined the PMO as a special adviser, while also working with senior Conservatives on the party's2015 electionplatform.[17]
Following the election, he joined theMacdonald-Laurier Instituteas a Senior Fellow, authoring a series of articles and policy recommendations for the Trudeau government entitled "From A Mandate For Change To A Plan To Govern "with Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley.[18][19]In March 2018, Speer launched Ontario 360, a think tank at theUniversity of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Governance,with Peter Loewen, an associate professor at the university.[20]In April 2019, he joined the Public Policy Forum as a Fellow in Residence, and in August he was announced as the 2019 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow to study urban and rural differences.[21][22]
On April 21, 2021, Speer launched The Hub, a news and commentary website focused Canadian policy and governance, withRudyard Griffiths,Luke Graeme Smith, Stuart Thomson, andKen Whyte.[23][24]Its stated goal is to "reorient popular debate in Canada to the big ideas that will propel us collectively towards a different and better future." The site is a project of the Centre For Civic Engagement, who also organizes theMunk Debates,which co-founder Griffiths chairs.[25]
References
[edit]- ^"Sean Speer | Public Policy at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto".Retrieved2021-04-30.
- ^"Sean Speer".Public Policy Forum.Retrieved2021-04-30.
- ^"Sean Speer".thehub.ca.Retrieved2021-04-30.
- ^"Sean-Speer | National Post".nationalpost.Retrieved2021-05-01.
- ^"Search Results".The Globe and Mail.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^Boessenkool, Ken; Speer, Sean (2015-12-01)."Stephen Harper's open federalism changed Canada for the better".Macleans.ca.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^Speer, Sean."Sean Speer, Author at C2C Journal".C2C Journal.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Sean Speer".National Review.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^Boessenkool, Ken; Speer, Sean (2015-12-01)."Ordered Liberty".Policy Options.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^Crowley, Brian (2013).Fearful Symmetry - The Fall and Rise of Canada's Founding Values.Key Porter Books.ISBN9781456605520.
- ^Harper, Stephen (2018).Right Here, Right Now.McClelland & Stewart. p. 239.ISBN9780771038648.
- ^"The Top 100 Most Powerful & Influential People in Government and Politics: 2015".The Hill Times.2015-01-19.Retrieved2021-05-01.
- ^"The Power List: 50 Canadians who are shaping how we think and live".Macleans.ca.January 18, 2021.Retrieved2021-05-01.
- ^"Wright reorganizes PMO, Curran now director of stakeholder relations".The Hill Times.2012-01-06.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Minister Flaherty hires Speer as director of policy, Minister Aglukkaq has a new chief of staff".The Hill Times.2012-04-27.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Bonokoski PMO's new deputy director of strategic communications".The Hill Times.2013-08-29.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Speer back in PMO, Fast has new chief of staff".The Hill Times.2014-11-24.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"MLI launches" From A Mandate For Change To A Plan To Govern "series".archive.constantcontact.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"From a mandate for change to a plan to govern".Macdonald-Laurier Institute.2015-12-02.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Ontario 360 Launches | Public Policy at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto".Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Sean Speer joins PPF as Fellow in Residence".Public Policy Forum.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"Announcing PPF's 2019 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow".Public Policy Forum.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^Speer, Sean."The politics of gerontocracy in Canada".Politico.Retrieved2021-05-20.
- ^"Getting back to the future: A statement of The Hub's mission and purpose".The Hub.2021-04-12.Retrieved2021-05-16.
- ^"What Is The Hub?".The Hub.Retrieved2021-05-16.