Heather Scoffield | The Canadian Club of Toronto | February 24, 2026

The Canadian Club of Toronto hosted a panel on rethinking Canada’s tax system (what works, what doesn’t, what’s next), featuring the Canadian Tax Observatory’s Heather Scoffield, Deloitte’s Fatima Laher and the University of Calgary’s Jack Mintz. Moderated by Patrick Brethour of the Globe and Mail. Here’s a recording.

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