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Finance committee How big an industry...?
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee In Ottawa?
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee Dollar-wise? Hang on a second. Maybe Nick can help me with that.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee I think there are about 3,000 radiologists in Canada.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee No. A very few, probably, are employees. A number are employees of hospitals under alternative payment plans, but mostly they're independent practitioners working together in groups or solo, and mostly running their own businesses.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee I have no idea. Again, I might defer to Nick, who might have an idea.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee Could I add one more point? The other thing about it is that it's very unfair. Why would you penalize people who are practising in groups versus people who are practising solo? I don't understand the rationale for that.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee Yes, and I think because it's a disincentive to work in groups, particularly academically. From a radiology point of view, academic delivery of services in radiology is all done by groups. I think we'd have a hard time attracting people to academic groups. I think it will have
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee I don't know the answer to that question. I hope I am making progress today. Obviously, you understand the issue well, so I think we have made some progress.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee It's hard to predict, but as I understand the proposed rule, it takes that $500,000 exemption to the lower corporate tax rate from a higher corporate tax rate. If I was an individual radiologist working on my own, in a solo practice, I would be entitled to that entire $500,000 ex
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller
Finance committee My name is Dr. Willy Miller. I'm a neuroradiologist at the Ottawa Hospital, just about five kilometres away. I've been practising for 25 years in both Canada and the United States. I present today in my capacity as the president of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. It i
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Dr. William Miller