Sears joined the Earnscliffe Strategy Group in 2012 and was an NDP strategist for 20 years.
[1] Sears began his career as News Editor under Moses Znaimer at the launch of CITY-TV in Toronto in 1972.
He attended Trent University, but dropped out to pursue his political career before graduation.
Colin Cameron, his maternal grandfather, was a founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party.
Sears served as paid spokesman for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.