Mark Mullins (economist)

This article is about the executive director of the Fraser Institute; for the Ontario political candidate, or New Orleans musician see Mark Mullins (disambiguation).

Mark Mullins, Ph.D , MA (born 1961) was the executive director of the Fraser Institute from 2005 to 2009. Prior to assuming this position Mullins served as the director of Ontario Policy Studies at the organization and was chief economist at Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. Mullins has been a policy advisor to the Canadian Alliance, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the London School of Economics.

When the Ontario PC Party under Mike Harris published their "Common Sense Revolution" while campaigning in the 1995 Ontario provincial election, Mullins was quoted at the start of the document as saying: "This plan will work. The Mike Harris plan to cut provincial income tax rates by 30% and non-priority services spending by 20% will give Ontario a balanced budget within four years, and create more than 725,000 new jobs."[1]

After four years as executive director of the Fraser Institute, Mullins resigned abruptly stating that he had gone on to meet "other challenges".

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