Thursday November 19, 2015
The Westin Hotel Calgary, 320 – 4 Avenue SW
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jack Mintz
Widely published in the field of public economics, he was touted in a 2004 UK magazine publication as one of the world’s most influential tax experts. He serves as an Associate Editor of International Tax and Public Finance and the Canadian Tax Journal, and is a research fellow of CESifo, Munich, Germany, and the Centre for Business Taxation Institute, Oxford University. He is a regular contributor to Canadian Business and the National Post, and has frequently published articles in other print media.
Dr. Mintz presently serves on several boards including Brookfield Asset Management, Imperial Oil Limited, Morneau Sobeco, Royal Ontario Museum and the Board of Management, International Institute of Public Finance.
Dr. Mintz held the position of Professor of Business Economics at the Rotman School of Business from 1989-2007 and Department of Economics at Queen’s University, Kingston, 1978-89. He was a Visiting Professor, New York University Law School, 2007; President and CEO of the C. D. Howe Institute from 1999-2006; Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at the Department of Finance, Ottawa; Chair of the federal government’s Technical Committee on Business Taxation in 1996 and 1997; and Associate Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of Management, University of Toronto, 1993 – 1995. He was founding Editor-in-Chief of International Tax and Public Finance, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers from 1994 – 2001, and recently chaired the Alberta Financial and Investment Policy Advisory Commission reporting to the Alberta Minister of Finance. He served as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to advise on economic planning, and recently was the research director for the Federal-Provincial Territorial Minister’s Working Group on Retirement Income Research.
In 2002, Dr. Mintz’s book, Most Favored Nation: A Framework for Smart Economic Policy, was winner of the Purvis Prize for best book in economic policy and runner-up for Donner Prize for best book in public policy.
Dr. Mintz has consulted widely with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the governments of Canada, Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, and various businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Dinner Meeting
Time: 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Fee: Members (Active, Associate, Senior and Life) – No Charge
Student Members – $45.00 (plus GST)
Guests (non CAPL members) – $90.00 (plus GST)
Please RSVP through the on-line registration system on the General Meetings page of our website; click here.
The deadline to confirm attendance is noon on Friday, November 13th, 2015.
