Taxing Canadian Business: Time for Change
Policy Conference
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The C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Tax Foundation and CPA Canada are pleased to invite you to attend a conference on tax policy that will bring together leaders in industry and academia to discuss the key issues in business taxation. A commentary published by the Institute will be informed by the conference discussions. Register today to join this pivotal discussion on the future of corporate taxation in Canada.
Please see below for the agenda or download the pdf: Tax Policy Conference Agenda.pdf.
8:00 am - 8:20 am | Reception and Registration
8:20 am - 8:30 am | Welcoming Remarks: William B.P. Robson, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute
8:30 am - 9:30 am | Session I: Taking Stock: What Business Taxation Looks Like Today
Kevin Milligan, Professor, University of British Columbia
Albert Baker, Global Tax Policy Leader, Deloitte
9:45 am- 10:45 am | Session II: Consensus on Direction? Principles of Business Taxation
Robin Boadway, Emeritus Professor, Economics Department, Queen's University
Jean-François Tremblay, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa
Michael Horgan, Senior Business Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Session III: Experience with International Reform: When and How?
Michael Croker, Head of Tax Policy, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Ian Young, Tax Faculty Technical Manager, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Tony Coulson, Group Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs, Environics Research
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Session IV: Keynote Luncheon - Taxation in a Slow-Growth Economy
Jack Mintz, President's Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
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