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Finance committee  I said in the opening statement, as you said, that I do not support Bill S-17. But at the close of my statement, I said that although I do not support it, I do realize that all the energy we are investing in trying to implement this system and the energy we are investing in tryin

June 17th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  In 2005, I had a research contract for Harvard University. The objective was to determine how to adapt our tax regimes to globalization. All those issues, which are current problems, were not very well known at the time. This research contract led me to conclude that we must slow

June 17th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  In terms of the automatic exchange of information, I think my colleagues are in a better position than I am to criticize the terms and conditions of the current convention. Clearly, all the remarks made so far that seek to determine whether it is reasonable to think that the auto

June 17th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  Good morning. Thank you for the invitation. It's a privilege to be here today to talk about the merits of Bill S-17. I do not support Bill S-17 because it represents an additional step toward the implementation of a global tax system where wealthy corporations or individuals can

June 17th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  At this point, the government's limited resources, the highly technical nature of the bill, the fact that it applies to many, but not all, taxpayers, and so forth are all important considerations. Therefore, I tend to think it would be better to remove elements that clearly make

March 19th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  First off, I agree with Mr. Moody. We don't know whether the coming years will bring fiscal crises, but taxpayers are going to have to take a closer look at the Income Tax Act to determine whether it treats them in a fair, reasonable and equitable manner. The current Income Tax A

March 19th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  When I read Bill C-48 as it relates to all the measures the Canadian government is putting forward to address the taxation of Canadian multinationals, one thing is clear. On the one hand, the government really seems to want to end a form of tax fraud involving tax havens. It is

March 19th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  I support the comments made up till now and during previous meetings with regard to the complexity of the taxation system for Canadian taxpayers. The fact is that taxpayers have trouble understanding the substance of the tax legislation. I would add also that as Mr. Moody just sa

March 19th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  That was a good summary, but that's not quite it. I will explain things again. Since the recent amendments made to section 5907 of the Income Tax Regulations, we know that if Canada signs an agreement to exchange tax information with a tax haven, this will affect the Canadian mu

March 19th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin

Finance committee  Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Thank you for the invitation. In light of the length of Bill C-48 and of the short notice for its analysis, I was allowed to focus my opinion on a specific section of the bill. I chose the upstream loans rules, because according to Department

March 19th, 2013Committee meeting

Brigitte Alepin