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Conference Program
(compiled based on commitments made by presenters to members of CTS West 2026 Organizing and Advisory Committee)
Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
Monday, March 16, 2026 | 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM | Registration begins at 7:30 am; breakfast (sponsored by PwC) and opening remarks (by Bev Gilbert and Russell Labiuk) begins at 8 am |
8:15 AM to 9:15 AM | Tax automation and AI (by Renee Iori of Deloitte) | |
9:15 AM to 10:15 AM | Industry panel (moderated by Craig McDougall of Felesky Flynn) | |
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM | Networking break | |
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM | BC and Manitoba finance ministries roundtable (panel members incl. Andrew Avis and Ron Labossière; moderated by David Crawford) | |
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM | Lunch (sponsored by McCarthy Tétrault) | |
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM | GST issues with sections 156 and 167 elections (by Simon Douville and Hubert Cadotte of McCarthy Tétrault) | |
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM | Tips and traps - acquisitions and mergers in the oil and gas sector (by Andrew Azmudeh of PwC Law) | |
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | BC PST pulse: recent patterns, statistical sampling, and GenAI (by Erin Jensen, Jennifer Muirhead and Natalia Krizbai of KPMG) | |
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM | Networking break | |
3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Trade war chaos: latest development on tariffs and other economic warfare (by John Boscariol of McCarthy Tétrault) | |
4:45 PM to 7:00 PM | Reception (co-hosted by Felesky Flynn and KPMG) | |
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | 8:00 AM to 8:15 AM | Breakfast (sponsored by DMA) |
8:15 AM to 9:15 AM | Common errors for GST/PST recoveries and best practices (by Trevor Paramchuk of DMA) | |
9:15 AM to 10:15 AM | US excise tax reporting and compliance (by Bud Goff of KPMG) | |
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM | Networking break | |
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | Litigation: what to expect (by Roger Smith and David Jacyk of Osler) | |
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM | Property tax (by Shawna Burke-Martin of Ryan) | |
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM | Lunch (sponsored by BLG) | |
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM | Case law update (by Owen Clarke of BLG) | |
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Industry panel (moderated by Dwaine Arnason of BDO) | |
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM | Networking break (sponsored by BDO) | |
3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | US sales & use tax (by Adam Scheele of Alvarez & Marsal and Doug Bain of Plains Midstream) | |
4:45 PM to 5:00 PM | Closing remarks (by Bev Gilbert and Russell Labiuk) |
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