The Fraser Institute: Tax Reform in Canada:  Our Path to Greater Prosperity

A Fraser Institute Conference,
October 11, 2001, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Welcome and Introduction,
  Herbert Grubel, The Fraser Institute

Session A: Proposals for Reform of the Canadian Tax System

• Flat Tax:  Model for Personal & Business Tax Reform
  Jason Clemens (presenter) and Joel Emes, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver

• Restructuring the Canadian Tax System by Changing the Direct/Indirect Tax Mix [PDF]
  Bev Dahlby, University of Alberta 

• Business Taxes: An Evaluation
  Tom Wilson, University of Toronto

• Why There Should be No Capital Gains Tax
  Herbert Grubel, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver

• Taxing Sensibly:  Reform Approach for Canada
  Jack Mintz, C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto (keynote speaker)

• Tax and Public Program Competition Among Canada's Provinces [PDF]
  William Robson and Finn Poschmann (presenter), C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto

Session B:  Experiences of Other Governments Relevant to Proposed Changes

• Tax Policy in Alberta:  A Case Study [PDF]
  Ken MacKenzie, University of Calgary

• A Case Study of Ireland
  Brendan Walsh, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland

• Tax Puzzles in the United States: Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan
  Fred McMahon, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver

• Biographies of all Speakers

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