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Derek Fildebrandt is a self-described iconoclastic reactionary and the national research director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. He writes regularly about government spending, debt and taxation issues in the media and he blogs at fildebrandt.ca and taxpayer.com/blog.

While earning a degree in political sciences and history at Carleton University, Derek enjoyed organizing his peers against professor and student unions as president of the Reagan-Goldwater Society. Upon completing his studies, Derek moved to British Columbia where he was a part of negotiating efforts to amend the Agreement on Internal Trade.

When not fighting the taxman, Derek is an amateur boxer, distance runner, outdoor sportsman and professional fan of Neil Young.