One of Canada’s leading conservative thinkers, Joseph C. Ben-Ami is President and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies. He is also Senior Fellow in Religion, Law and Society and Human Rights and Democratic Development.

Before joining the Centre Ben-Ami was Executive Director and Director of Policy Develoment at the Institute for Canadian Values and before that, Director of Government Relations and Diplomatic Affairs for the well known Jewish human rights group B’nai Brith. Prior to this he was a policy aid to Stephen Harper and Stockwell Day and served as National Director of Operations on Day’s 2002 leadership campaign.

A much sought after public speaker and frequent radio and television commentator, Ben-Ami also sits on the international advisory board of the organization Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation.