Richard Saillant is a Moncton-based economist and public policy consultant. He holds a B.A. with double major in economics and political science, a M.A. in economics from the Université de Montréal and an M.B.A. from McGill University. Richard has spent nearly twenty years in government and academia, including as Director General at Industry Canada, as former vice-president of the Université de Moncton and as Director of the Donald J. Savoie Institute. He is the author of a number of publications including A Tale of Two Countries: How the Great Demographic Imbalance is Pulling Canada Apart. Richard was also a columnist for l’Acadie Nouvelle and for the Brunswick News dailies from 2020 to 2023.