Personnel
The organization has five spokespeople who address issues on a regional basis: Gregory Thomas (Federal/Ontario), Jordan Bateman (British Columbia), Scott Hennig (Alberta), Colin Craig (Prairies) and Kevin Lacey (Atlantic).
Gregory Thomas, the federal spokesperson for CTF, has worked in both the private and public sector. In the public sector he served on the staff of two federal cabinet ministers in Ottawa, advising on small business and First Nations economic development policy. In the private sector, he has spent over 20 years in the investment industry, and before that in business magazine and book publishing.
Kevin Lacey, who works in the Atlantic office, served as an adviser for Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm from 2003 to 2006, before being employed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office from 2006 to 2008. Lacey has also worked for two free-market organizations, the Fraser Institute and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.
Hennig's previous political experience includes working as a speechwriter and public policy researcher with the Government Members' Research Branch and is a member of the Fort Saskatchewan Urban Forest Committee.
Alberta Director, Derek Fildebrandt served for three years as the organization's National Research Director in the CTF's federal office. Previous to that he worked as a policy analyst for the Forum of Labour Market Ministers in Victoria, BC and for a national security think-tank. During his undergraduate degree he founded and led the Reagan-Goldwater Society, a free market-oriented student group that frequently attacked the professor and student unions at Carleton University..
Troy Lanigan is the current President and CEO, but has worked with the organization since 1992. Unlike other CTF employees, he's not worked in partisan politics, instead working with reform advocacy groups and serves on the board of directors for the Stockholm Sweden-based World Taxpayers Association.
CTF staff and board directors are prohibited from holding a membership in or donating funds to any political party. The CTF is independent of any institutional affiliations.
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