Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2016-04-14 12:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Charles Lammam",
        "fr": "M. Charles Lammam"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4293794\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293795\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you very much for your comments. I think it's an important point.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293796\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have in fact reviewed the literature on this. We've looked at studies that have been done historically in Canada, and studies that have been done around the world. Clearly the evidence does show that taxes can affect where people locate and also work.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293797\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There has been research done by Statistics Canada, for example, looking at the mobility of knowledge-based workers, including doctors, engineers, and natural scientists. I'm happy to pass along references to that study.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293798\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There's been research published by the <em>Canadian Public Policy</em> journal, looking at the effect of taxation on emigration to the U.S. from 1995 to 2001. It found that Canadians, those who had the most to gain in terms of a lower tax bill, were in fact immigrating to the U.S. It is the most highly skilled who are more prone to moving across jurisdictions. They are more mobile than the average worker because of the opportunities afforded them. Also, research has been done, very important research, that was published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293799\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There have been major studies that have looked at this issue, studies in the prestigious <em>American Economic Review</em>, which I would turn your attention to. It was published two years ago. This study, very innovative in what it did, looked at the influence of taxes on mobility decisions of skilled workers. The study looked at the effect of personal tax rates, and it found that they play a significant role in attracting foreign soccer players into top leagues in 14 western European countries. The effect was particularly strong for high-quality players, defined as players who had been selected for national teams at least once in their career.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293800\" data-originallang=\"en\">Finally, a recent study, this one done by the National Bureau of Economic Research, used a similar method of tracking migration among a specific set of skilled workers. Specifically, the authors looked at \u201csuperstar\u201d inventors, measured by patent citation data in eight countries, including Canada and the U.S., from\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4293794\" data-originallang=\"en\">Oui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293795\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci beaucoup de vos observations. C'est un point important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293796\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons fait une revue de la litt\u00e9rature. Nous avons examin\u00e9 des \u00e9tudes faites au fil du temps au Canada et dans le monde entier. Les faits montrent clairement que les imp\u00f4ts peuvent influencer le choix de l'endroit o\u00f9 on veut habiter et travailler.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293797\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ainsi, Statistique Canada a fait des recherches sur la mobilit\u00e9 des travailleurs du savoir, dont les m\u00e9decins, les ing\u00e9nieurs et les sp\u00e9cialistes en sciences naturelles. Je vous donnerai avec plaisir les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences de cette \u00e9tude.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Des recherches ont \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9es dans <em>Analyse de politique</em> sur l'effet de la fiscalit\u00e9 sur l'\u00e9migration vers les \u00c9tats-Unis entre 1995 et 2001. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 constat\u00e9 que les Canadiens qui ont le plus \u00e0 gagner sur le plan fiscal s'en vont aux \u00c9tats-Unis. Ce sont les plus qualifi\u00e9s qui sont le plus port\u00e9s \u00e0 se d\u00e9placer d'une administration \u00e0 l'autre. \u00c0 cause des d\u00e9bouch\u00e9s qui s'offrent \u00e0 eux, ils sont plus mobiles que le travailleur moyen. Les r\u00e9sultats de tr\u00e8s importantes recherches ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9s par l'Institut de recherche en politiques publiques. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293799\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vous signale que de grandes \u00e9tudes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 consacr\u00e9es \u00e0 la question, des \u00e9tudes publi\u00e9es dans la prestigieuse <em>American Economic Review</em> et que je recommande. Une \u00e9tude publi\u00e9e il y a deux ans, tr\u00e8s innovatrice, a port\u00e9 sur l'influence de la fiscalit\u00e9 sur la mobilit\u00e9 de travailleurs qualifi\u00e9s. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l'effet des taux d'imposition du revenu des particuliers, et elle a montr\u00e9 qu'ils jouent un r\u00f4le important pour attirer des joueurs de soccer dans les meilleures ligues de 14 pays d'Europe. L'effet est particuli\u00e8rement marqu\u00e9 sur les joueurs de grande qualit\u00e9, d\u00e9finis comme ceux qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s dans les \u00e9quipes nationales au moins une fois dans leur carri\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4293800\" data-originallang=\"en\">Enfin, une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e cette fois par le National Bureau of Economic Research, a employ\u00e9 une m\u00e9thode similaire pour suivre les migrations chez un ensemble pr\u00e9cis de travailleurs sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s. Plus express\u00e9ment, les auteurs ont \u00e9tudi\u00e9 les inventeurs qui sont des \u00ab superstars \u00bb, ce qui est mesur\u00e9 par les donn\u00e9es sur les citations de brevet dans huit pays, dont le Canada et les \u00c9tats-Unis, de... </p>"
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