CTF 71st Annual Tax Conference 2019 | Canadian Tax Foundation
 | 1 December 2019 | Montreal Convention Centre, 1001 Jean Paul Riopelle Pl, Montreal, QC H2Z 1H5 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, QC H2Z 1H5, Canada

The Annual Tax Conference is a three-day event comprised of workshops, plenary sessions, a pick of concurrent streams, and social events.

2019 Speakers

PANEL MODERATORS:

Dr. Jack Mintz
President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

Marie-Josée Michaud
KPMG Law LLP, Montreal

Barbara Worndl
Aird & Berlis LLP, Toronto

Bruce Harris
FCPA, FCA, PwC Canada, Toronto

Douglas J. Powrie
VP, Tax, Teck Resources Ltd., Vancouver

Mark Tonkovich
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto

Monica Biringer
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto

PRESENTATEAURS:

Danielle Loranger
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, Sherbrooke

Marie-Danielle Roy
CPA, CA, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, Montréal

Justine Benoit
Spiegel Sohmer, Montréal

Pierre-Paul Persico
Spiegel Sohmer, Montréal

Antoine Desroches
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada SECNCRL/srl, Montréal

Marie-Emmanuelle Vaillancourt
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, SECNCRL/srl, Montréal

Marie-Claude Marcil
EY Cabinet d’avocats srl/SENCRL, Montréal

Louis Tassé
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt SENCRL/srl, Montréal

Éric Hamelin
Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke

Jean-François Thuot
PwC Canada, Montréal

Paul Jr. Bergeron
Revenu Québec, Québec

Marie-France Dompierre
Lavery, Montréal

Christophe De Koster
Revenu Québec, Montréal

Catherine Tremblay
Groupe RDL, Victoriaville

SPEAKERS:

Luc Vallée
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Economist, Montreal Economic Institute

William Watson
McGill University/National Post

Armine Yalnizyan
Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers

François Champoux
Deloitte LLP, Montreal

Carrie Smit
Goodmans LLP, Toronto

Sue Wooles
BMO Financial Group, Toronto

Ted Cook
Director General, Tax Legislation Division, Department of Finance, Ottawa

Bob Hamilton
Canada Revenue Agency, Ottawa

Stéphane Charette
Director, Financial Industries and Trusts Division

Stéphane Prud’Homme
Director, Income Tax Rulings Directorate

Ken Griffin
CPA, CA, PwC Canada, Toronto

Joan Jung
TEP, Minden Gross LLP, Toronto

Byron S. Beswick
CPA, CA, Felesky Flynn LLP, Calgary

Jim Samuel
FCPA, FCGA, KPMG LLP, Calgary

Justin Mastrangelo
CPA, CA, BDO Canada LLP, Burlington

David Stevens
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Toronto

Paul Wilson
Canada Revenue Agency, Ottawa

Angelo Nikolakakis
EY Law LLP, Montreal

Yara Bossé-Viola
CPA, CA, KPMG LLP, Montreal

Adam Jagelewski
MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, Toronto

Susan Manwaring
Miller Thomson LLP, Toronto

Troy McEachren
TEP, Miller Thomson LLP

Derek G. Chiasson
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Montreal

Darren Hueppelsheuser
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Calgary

Andrew Azmudeh
Deloitte LLP, Calgary

Janice Roper
FCPA, FCA, Deloitte LLP, Vancouver

Maureen Berry
Fasken, Toronto

Pamela Cross
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ottawa

Mark Brender
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montreal

Rick McLean
CPA, CA, KPMG LLP, Toronto

Jonathan Schwarz
Temple Tax Chambers, UK

Stephanie Smith
Senior Director, Tax Treaties, Tax Legislation Division

Penelope Woolford
FCPA, FCA, KPMG LLP, Toronto

Sophie Chatel
OECD, France

Allison Christians
McGill University, Montreal

Robert Stack
Deloitte LLP, Washington, DC

Lee Holt
EY LLP, New York

Linda Tang
CPA, CA, EY LLP, Toronto

Alexandra MacLean
Canada Revenue Agency, Ottawa

Sébastien Rheault
Barsalou Lawson Rheault, Montreal

Michel Ranger
McMillan LLP, Montreal

Rhonda Rudick
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal

H. Michael Dolson
Felesky Flynn LLP, Edmonton

Debra Baker
PwC Canada, Toronto

Nadia Manin
PwC Canada, Toronto

Tim Barrett
Thorsteinssons LLP, Toronto

Andrew Morreale
Baker McKenzie, Toronto

Pierre Bourgeois
CPA, CA, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Montreal

Raj Juneja
McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto

Derek Chan
VP, Tax, Northleaf Capital Partners, Toronto

Nigel Johnston
McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto

The Hon. Justice Steven K. D’Arcy
Tax Court of Canada, Ottawa

The Hon. Justice Ronald MacPhee
Tax Court of Canada, Ottawa

Marie-France Camiré
Department of Justice, Montreal

Olivier Fournier
Deloitte Legal Canada LLP, Montreal

Brian Mustard
CPA, CA, SVP, Taxation, BCE Inc., Montreal

Jean-François Ratté
VP, Head of Taxation, PSP Investments, Montreal

Nathalie Rodier
Managing Director, Taxes, Air Canada, Montreal

Martin A. Sorensen
Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto

Bruce Zagaris
Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC

Dominic Belley
Norton Rose Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Montreal

Ted Gallivan
Assistant Commissioner, Audit Branch, Canada Revenue Agency

Douglas W. O'Donnell
CPA, Commissioner, Large Business and International Division

Susie Cooke
FCA, CPA, CA, Deloitte LLP, Toronto

Renée Iori
CPA, CA, Deloitte LLP, Calgary

Christopher T.S. Ragan
Department of Economics, McGill University, Montreal

Trevor Tombe
Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Calgary

Natalie Goulard
Department of Justice, Montreal

John Sorensen
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Toronto

Perry Derksen
Department of Justice, Vancouver

Martha MacDonald
Torys LLP, Toronto

Brigitte Alepin
Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Outaouais

Arthur J. Cockfield
Professor, Queen's University, Faculty of Law, Kingston

Alexander Edwards
Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management

Lyne Latulippe
Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

The Hon. Justice Robert Hogan
Tax Court of Canada, Ottawa

Margaret Nixon
Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto

Deen Olsen
Department of Justice, Ottawa

2019 Sponsors

PREMIER:

• Bennett Jones
• Dentons
• McCarthy Tetrault
• Osler
• Thomson Reuters

PLATINUM:

• BLG
• PWC
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Thorsteinssons

GOLD:

• Blakes
• Deloitte.
• KPMG
• Torys
• Cadesky Tax
• Felesky Flymm LLP
• Miller Thomson

SILVER:

• Aird Berlis
• EY Building a Better Working World
• Gowling WLG
• MNP LLP
• Stikeman Elliott
• DLA Piper
• Goodmans
• McMillan
• Moodys