NEWS WATCH
The newly formed Canadian Income Trust Investor Association has assembled a series of documents and useful reference materials in preparation for and promotion of its invitation to deliver a brief to the Canadian Parliamentary Finance Committee.
Hearings are set to begin as early as January 29’th 200 with less than a full day allocated to hearing briefs and questioning witnesses that appear before the Committee, according to CAITI volunteer.
CAITI position papers, pre-submission and other documents can be found on their web site.
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.