Taxing Canadian Business: Time For Change

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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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