Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I'll start with the simplification question first. Across the proposals I have in my remarks today is a common theme that we are raising, and that is creating neutrality for financial products and allowing Canadians who save not to be overly taxed in one product relati

Finance committee  Sure. From the point of simplification we believe that is a way of simplifying the tax plan. On the RRIF withdrawals, we're addressing the concern that seniors will outlive their savings because there has been a tremendous increase in life expectancy since these rules were put i

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of this committee, for this opportunity to provide the views of members of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, IFIC, at this meeting. IFIC is the voice of Canada’s investment funds industry. By connecting Canada’s savers to Canada’s economy