Harry Kitchen is Professor of Economics at Trent University. He has held appointments at the Canadian Tax Foundation and York University, England. He has undertaken a wide range of consulting and contract research for a number of public sector organizations at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. These include the Economic Council of Canada, Environment Canada, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, the Law Reform Commission of Canada, Department of Finance, Ontario Economic Council, Ontario Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Ontario, Ministry of Housing in Ontario, Ministry of Treasury and Economics in Ontario, Ministry of Municipal Affairs in Ontario, Government of the Northwest Territories and various local government commissions and governments.
Professor Kitchen's area of research is government expenditure and tax analysis. In particular, he has written a number of articles, monographs and books with the majority of these concentrating on local government finance and expenditure issues.