
Senior economist and Professor Jack Mintz was reported in the Globe & Mail as saying, “The Conservative government may abandon its hands-off approach to income trusts if another rash of big companies convert to the structure or if the next Liberal leader leads a crackdown on the investment vehicles.”
iTrust Institute is studying the key features, perceived potential & benefits of income trusts starting from the premise that:
Equities managed and structured like income trusts to flow net gains through to owners by way of frequent and regular distributions of cash can offer superior rates of overall return, support market growth, enhance economic productivity and contribute to growth of the tax base with less risk than other equities given honest managers and a fully competitive market supported by open communications.
We will test this notion and explore related questions.