John Deutsch Institute
in collaboration with:
Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto

April 24-25, 2003

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Conference Schedule

Thursday, April 24, 2003 (Holiday Inn Hotel, Bellevue North, 6th Floor)
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.	REGISTRATION and RECEPTION
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.	SESSION I: BUDGET CONTEXT Chair: Charles Beach (Queen's University) Opening remarks (Tom Wilson, University of Toronto) Political Context (Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail) Economic Context (Richard Harris, Simon Fraser University)
Friday, April 25, 2003 (Dunning Hall Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Queen’s University)
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	REGISTRATION (Continental Breakfast)
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	SESSION II: THE BUDGET AND ITS ECONOMIC EFFECTS: QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET Chair: Gregor Smith (Queen's University) Tom Wilson and Peter Dungan (University of Toronto) Rick Egelton (Bank of Montreal) Commentator: Pierre Fortin (Université du Québec à Montréal)
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.	SESSION III: BUDGETARY ACCOUNTING AND TRANSPARENCY Chair: Alan Macnaughton (University of Waterloo) John Wiersema (Office of the Auditor General) Commentator: Michael McCracken (Informetrica)
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.	SESSION IV: THE TAX DIMENSION Chair: Michael Smart (University of Toronto) Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) Commentator: Jon Kesselman (University of British Columbia)
11:15 - 12:00 p.m.	SESSION V: FISCAL ASPECTS OF KYOTO Chair: Ian Keay (Queen's University) Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) Commentator: Chris Green (McGill University)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	SESSION VI: THE SOCIAL DIMENSION AND FISCAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH Chair: Michael Abbott (Queen's University) Frances Woolley (Carleton University) Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) Commentators: Michael Mendelson (Caledon Institute)   Paul Boothe (University of Alberta)
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:30 p.m.	SESSION VII: RAPPORTEUR’S REPORT AND CLOSING COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR Chair: William Scarth (McMaster University) Rapporteur: Tom Courchene (Queen’s University)

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Conference Information

Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel on Thursday evening, and at the Hand Purvis Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Dunning Hall, Queen's University, Kingston all day Friday.

Conference registration fee is $200.00*, plus GST, payable to the John Deutsch Institute (GST Registration #R107868705). Registration is limited so please register early.

*A special rate will apply for academics.

Please make cheque payable to the John Deutsch Institute and mail to: Sharon Sullivan, John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University, Dunning Hall, Room 219, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6.

Accommodation

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Hotel, 1 Princess Street, for the nights of Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 at a special conference rate of $110.00 per night, plus taxes. Reservations can be made directly by calling the Holiday Inn at 1-613-549-8400 and say that you are booking under the Block of Rooms "John Deutsch Institute". The block of rooms will be available until April 4th, so please book your room as soon as possible.

Conference Organizers

Charles Beach, Department of Economics, Queen's University
Phone: (613) 533-2278, e-mail: beachc@qed.econ.queensu.ca

Thomas Wilson, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto
Phone: (416) 978-4458; e-mail: twilson@chass.utoronto.ca

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Registration

Click HERE to register online

For further information please contact Sharon Sullivan:

Phone: (613) 533-2294; Fax: (613) 533-6025
E-mail: sullivas@qed.econ.queensu.ca

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