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TO: Clerk of the Finance Committee
This note follows up on my phone call earlier today in which you welcomed an email note to the Finance Committee address.
This is a request to appear before the Finance Committee as an expert witness to address considerations of income trusts, their taxation and implications for Canadians and the Canadian economy.
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.