/EINPresswire.com/ -- OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/16 -- Canada Revenue Agency

Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier today announced the full membership of the Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee (OCAC). This follows on the Minister's April 11th announcement that the Government of Canada will invest $444.4 million over five years to strengthen tax compliance and fight against tax avoidance and evasion, including offshore tax schemes.

The OCAC, composed of third-party experts with significant legal and tax experience, will advise the Minister and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on current and future administrative strategies to deal with non-compliance. The inaugural meeting of the committee will be held in early June.

As previously announced, the OCAC will be chaired by Dr. Colin Campbell, Associate Professor of Law at Western University. The Committee's Vice-Chair is Kimberley Brooks, Associate Professor and former Dean of the Schulich school of Law at Dalhousie University.

The remaining members of the committee announced today are:

--  Marie-Pierre Allard, Professor, Faculty of Administration, Universite de
    Sherbrooke
--  Catherine Brown, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
--  Allan Lanthier, FCPA, FCA, Retired Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
--  Larry Chapman, FCPA, FCA, Executive Director and CEO, Canadian Tax
    Foundation
--  Dr. Daniel Thornton, FCPA, FCA, Chartered Professional Accountants of
    Ontario, Professorship in Financial Accounting, Smith School of Business
    at Queens University

Quote

"I am pleased to announce this eminent group of leading experts as members of the OCAC. Their valued contribution will help the CRA deliver on this government's commitment to detect and audit aggressive tax planning, as well as prosecute tax evasion by helping refine and make more transparent the CRA's policies and practices. Canadians must have confidence that the tax system is fair for everyone and that everyone pays their fair share of taxes."

- The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, P.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue

Additional Information

The full biographies of all of the members are annexed to this release.

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Annex

Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee - Biographies of Members

Dr. Colin Campbell (Chair), Associate Professor of Law at Western University

--  Formerly a senior tax partner at the Toronto office of Davies Ward
    Phillips & Vineberg LLP
--  Formerly an assistant professor of political science at Mount Allison
    University in Sackville, New Brunswick
--  Received his B.A. in 1966 from the University of Toronto, his M.Sc. from
    the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1967, his Ph.D.
    in 1975 from the University of Toronto, his LL.B. from the University of
    Western Ontario in 1980 and called to the Ontario bar in 1982
--  Dr. Campbell's practice included international tax, trusts, mergers and
    acquisitions, public securities offerings and restructurings and acting
    for private family enterprises in domestic and international trust
    matters
--  Appeared before trial and appellate courts on income tax matters and
    frequently represents taxpayers with federal and provincial tax
    authorities
--  Author of numerous publications, including most recently Administration
    of Income Tax 2015 (Carswell, 2015)

Kimberley Brooks (Vice-Chair), Associate Professor, Schulich school of Law, Dalhousie University

--  Former Dean, Schulich School of Law, (2010 to 2015)
--  Former H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law at McGill University Faculty
    of Law
--  B.A. (University of Toronto); LL.B (University of BC); Master of Law
    (Taxation) at Osgoode Hall Law School (York University)
--  Member of the Canadian Tax Foundation Board of Governors and member of
    the International Fiscal Association
--  Previously taught in the faculties of law at McGill, UBC and Queen's
--  Prior to moving to academia, practiced tax law with the national law
    firm Stikeman Elliot LLP in their Toronto and London (UK) offices
--  Main research interests are in the area of corporate and international
    tax law and policy and tax administration

Marie-Pierre Allard, Professor, Faculty of Administration, Universite de Sherbrooke

--  Professor at the Universite de Sherbrooke's Faculty of Administration
    since 2001, and a full professor there since 2012
--  Director of the Universite de Sherbrooke's Masters in Taxation program
    from 2007 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2015
--  Received her bachelor's degree in law from the Universite de Sherbrooke
    in 1994 and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1996
--  Received her Masters in Taxation degree from the Universite de
    Sherbrooke in 2001
--  Currently studying to obtain her doctorate in law at Universite Laval,
    and the tentative title of her thesis is Fighting Tax Avoidance: Ethical
    and Legal Perspectives
--  Published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the
    Canadian Tax Journal and the Revue de planification fiscale et
    successorale
--  Author of the book La recherche en fiscalite canadienne, which is
    published by Carswell and now in its fourth edition
--  Member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Association de
    planification fiscale et financiere

Catherine Brown, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

--  Visiting professor across the globe, including the University of
    Toronto, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, and
    Stanford University, where she was also a Fulbright Fellow
--  Currently a Senior Fellow and honorary adjunct professor with the
    Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute at Monash University in
    Australia
--  Currently a Director of the Legal Education Society of Alberta
--  Member of both the Alberta and Ontario Bars
--  Past Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation
--  Was appointed to the Indicative List for Canada to the Dispute
    Resolution Body of the World Trade Organization in 1999
--  Received the Law Society of Alberta and Canadian Bar Association Award
    for Distinguished Service in Legal Scholarship in 2011
--  Is the author of Taxation and Estate Planning, as well as numerous
    publications for the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Estates, Trusts and
    Pensions Journal
--  Has a particular interest in taxation and international estate planning

Larry Chapman, FCPA, FCA, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Tax Foundation

--  Current Chair of the Board of Directors of St. Joseph's Health Centre
    Foundation
--  National Managing Partner of Tax Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    from 1998 to 2008 and Leader of the Financial Services Tax practice at
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1998 to 2001
--  Vice President, Tax Planning and Strategy, Bacardi Limited (1997-1998)
--  Managing Tax Partner for the Metro Toronto Region and Member of the
    Toronto Region Management Committee, Price Waterhouse from 1994 to 1997
    and Tax partner at Price Waterhouse from 1986 to 1994
--  B. Comm. (University of Toronto) 1975; Chartered Accountant, Ontario,
    1977; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, 2003
--  Was a member of the Executive Committee, Board of Regents, Chair of the
    Audit Committee, Victoria University, 2011-2014
--  Was the Governor, Member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the
    Finance Committee of the Canadian Tax Foundation (2006-2008)
--  Authored and co-authored many publications on taxation
--  Frequent speaker at conferences

Allan Lanthier, FCPA, FCA, Retired Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

--  Formerly, a senior tax partner of Ernst & Young LLP, and National Leader
    of its international tax practice
--  Was a member of the Technical Committee on Business Taxation, appointed
    by the federal Minister of Finance in 1996 to review and recommend
    changes to Canada's business tax system
--  Served as a governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, as a member of its
    Executive Committee and, in 2005-2006, as its chair
--  Was chair of the Taxation Committee of the Canadian Institute of
    Chartered Accountants (now CPA Canada), and co-chair of the Joint
    Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and CPA Canada,
    1992 to 1994
--  Former member of the Canada Revenue Agency's International Tax Advisory
    Committee
--  B. Comm. (McGill University) 1969; Chartered Accountant, Quebec, 1973;
    Fellow of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Quebec, 1993
--  Frequent speaker and author on taxation and fiscal policy matters,
    including numerous papers published by the Canadian Tax Foundation and
    by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation

Dr. Daniel B. Thornton, FCPA, FCA, Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario Professorship in Financial Accounting, Smith School of Business at Queens University

--  Currently a voting member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council,
    which oversees the Canadian Accounting Standards Board and the Public
    Sector Accounting Board
--  Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of both Ontario and
    Alberta
--  Served as a full-time Professional Accounting Fellow at the United
    States Securities and Exchange Commission
--  Served as an associate editor of The Accounting Review and Contemporary
    Accounting Research
--  Was a voting member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board
--  Has received both the Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought
    Award and the Outstanding Educator Award from the Canadian Academic
    Accounting Association
--  Has provided extensive expert accounting testimony to various courts and
    to the Senate of Canada and is frequently quoted in the financial press

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