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 The Fifth Protocol to the Canada-US Treaty – Part II
Chair: Ronald Durand, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto
Panel: Ian Crosbie, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto
Ed Romito, KPMG, Montreal
