2008 Seminar Program

INTERNATIONAL FISCAL ASSOCIATION
(Canadian Branch)
2008 Spring Seminar
May 12, 2008
Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal Quebec

Co-Chairs
Brian Bloom, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal
Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP/Ernst & Young L.P., Montreal

Tentative Agenda

8:00	Registration/Refreshments
8:30	Welcome Remarks and Introduction Brian Bloom, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP/Ernst & Young L.P., Montreal
8:35	IFA 2008 Congress / National Reporters
	Subject I: Non-discrimination at the crossroads of international taxation Joel Nitikman, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver
	Subject II: New tendencies in tax treatment of cross-border interest of corporations Jeff Trossman, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
8:45 Chair: Panel:	The Fifth Protocol to the Canada-US Treaty - Part I Ronald Durand, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto Ian Crosbie, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto Ed Romito, KPMG, Montreal Fiscally Transparent Entities Limitation on Benefits Withholding Taxes Exempt Surplus Guarantee
10:00	Refreshment Break
10:15 Chair: Panel:	The Fifth Protocol to the Canada-US Treaty - Part II Stephen W. Bowman, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto Marc Darmo, McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Montreal Joy Murad, RSM Richter, Montreal PEs and Service Providers Employee Stock Options Retirement Plan Contributions Pre-Emigration Gains Investments by Pension Plans & Similar Entities Mutual Agreement Procedure & Binding Arbitration
11:15 Chair: Panel:	Foreign Affiliate Amendments - Where Do We Stand? Scott Wilkie, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP/Ernst & Young L.P., Montreal Wallace G. Conway, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP Toronto
12:00	Luncheon Luncheon Address Peter C. Godsoe, Chair, Advisory Panel on Canada's System of International Taxation
1:45	IFA Canada Annual General Meeting
2:00 Chair: Speaker:	US Tax Developments Robert Raizenne, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montreal H. David Rosenbloom, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington DC
2:35 Chair: Panel:	International Trends and Developments in Tax Jurisprudence Howard Kellough, Kellough & Partners LLP, Vancouver Carola van den Bruinhorst, Lloyens & Loeff, Amsterdam David Ward, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto
3:10 Chair: Panel:	Recent Transactions of Interest Janice McCart, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto Shawn D. Porter, Deloitte LLP, Toronto Carrie Smit, Goodman's LLP, Toronto
3:45	Refreshment Break
4:00 Co-Chairs:	Government Roundtable Department of Finance Roundtable Canada Revenue Agency Roundtable Albert Baker, Deloitte LLP, Vancouver Stephen Heller, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto Finance: Lawrence Purdy CRA: Rick Biscaro & Jim Wilson
5:30	Close

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