John Deutsch Institute
November 17, 2006
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Workshop on Harmonizing the RSTs and GST in Canada: Arguments and Issues
November 17, 2006
"Introductory
Remarks"
Charles M. Beach (Queen's University)
"The Economic Impacts of Value Added
Taxation: Evidence from the HST Provinces"
Michael Smart (University of Toronto)
"Harmonizing the RSTs and GST:
Lessons for Canada from the Canadian
Experience"
Charles E. McLure, Jr. (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
Panel Presentations
"Doing the Right Thing for
the Right Reason"
Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta)
"Commentary"
Paul Hobson (Acadia University)
"Harmonizing the GST and Fixing the
Fiscal Imbalance: Comment on Smart and Bird"
Jonathan R. Kesselman (Simon Fraser University)
"Commentary"
Tracy Snoddon (Wilfrid Laurier University)
"Comments on 'The GST Cut and
Fiscal Imbalance' by Michael Smart and Richard Bird'"
William Watson (McGill University)
Wrap-Up
"Rapporteur Wrap-Up"
Donald Drummond (TD Financial Group)