2018 MISC Annual Conference: Who Pays for Canada? Taxes and Fairness

For its 2018 conference, the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada turns its focus to a topic that has plenty of history in Canada: tax fairness.

It’s no surprise that taxes are in the headlines today: tensions around tax fairness have always provoked political engagement and lively protest. Such tensions account for some of our nation’s best and worst moments of social solidarity and mutual hostility. On the centenary of income tax in Canada—first collected in 1918—we take the opportunity to explore what “fairness” means. Is it a technical question or a philosophical one? Is it best resolved by statisticians or lawyers? How to subject such complicated questions to democratic accountability? By asking how Canadians have discussed tax fairness in the past and how we might better do so in the future, our exceptionally diverse array of speakers will lend depth and sophistication to contemporary debates.

Law professors Allison Christians and Daniel Weinstock, and adjunct professor Robert Raizenne, will be participating.

For more information, and to register, visit mcgill.ca/misc/events/conferences/2018-annual-conference

This conference is accredited for Continuing Legal Education hours by the Barreau du Québec.