Jason Clemens is the executive vice president of the Fraser Institute and president of the Fraser Institute Foundation. Before rejoining the Fraser Institute in 2012, he was the director of research and managing editor at the Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute and prior to joining the MLI, Clemens spent a little over three years in the United States with the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute. He has an honors bachelor's degree of commerce and an MBA from the University of Windsor, as well as a post-baccalaureate degree in economics from Simon Fraser University.

Clemens has published over 70 major studies on a wide range of topics, including taxation, government spending, labor market regulation, banking, welfare reform, health care, productivity, and entrepreneurship. He has published over 300 shorter articles, which have appeared in such newspapers as The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, the Washington Post, the Globe and Mail, National Post, and a host of U.S., Canadian, and international newspapers. He has also been a guest on numerous radio and television programs across Canada and the U.S. As an expert witness, Clemens has appeared before committees of both the House of Commons and the Senate in Canada and he has briefed state legislators in California.

In 2006, Clemens received Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award presented by Caldwell Partners, as well as an Odyssey Award from the University of Windsor. In 2011, he and his co-authors were awarded the prestigious Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for the best-selling book, The Canadian Century. In 2012, the Governor General of Canada on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, presented Clemens with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contributions to the country.