Brigitte Alepin
Brigitte Alepin, born in 1966, is a Canadian tax specialist. She is notable for her published works, documentaries, the TaxCOOP conferences she co-founded and her various media interventions related to tax justice, as well as philanthropic and environmental taxation. Education Brigitte Alepin holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Université du Québec à Montréal, obtained in 1986. She was the recipient of the Excellence Award, and obtained the title of Chartered Professional Accountant. She obtained a Master's degree in taxation in 1990 from the Université de Sherbrooke. She received a scholarship from the Canadian Research Fund, and her thesis proposed the creation of the Home Buyers' Plan (HBP). In 2005, she studied at Harvard University, where she obtained a Master of Public Administration (majoring in Microeconomics) in 2006. Achievements and Media In 2003, Brigitte Alepin published her first book, the best-selling Ces riches qui ne paient pas d'impôt (The Wealthy Who Pay No Taxes). The conclusions of this work were the subject of a debate in the House of Commons of Canada. The Canadian government subsequently opened a public inquiry into tax havens and summoned Brigitte Alepin to the public finance committee as a tax expert. She has been called as an expert witness on more than 12 occasions before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. She also testified before the Commission des Lois of the National Assembly of France. Brigitte Alepin was a columnist for Le Journal de Montréal between 2004 and 2005 (the column she started was continued by Yves Séguin). She edited CA Magazine'''s Fiscalité-PME column from 2007 to 2012. She worked with Ici Radio-Canada Télé on major investigations into important tax cases. This research was broadcast on the programs Enjeux and Enquête. One of the Enquête programs produced by Sovimage was inspired by her book, The Wealthy Who Pay No Taxes. From 2013 to 2014, Brigitte Alepin acted as exclusive special advisor for the CBC on “major media events” that fell within her expertise. She has been consulted by politicians who wish to know her opinion on various tax matters and has acted as an expert witness on various committees of the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate. During her studies at Harvard, Brigitte Alepin worked on a special project aimed at developing an international tax system adapted to the globalization of trade: "The Adaptation of Our Tax Systems to Globalization." These writings have been studied internationally and certain conclusions were presented in the magazine L'Actualité in 2006. In view of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Brigitte Alepin received the mandate from CPA Canada and a group of companies to verify how to better use taxation to help Canada take the green transition. Its conclusions were presented internationally, in various media and to political representatives. In 2012, the Quebec Health Commissioner gave the mandate to Brigitte Alepin and the firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton to estimate health costs in Quebec in 2030, given the aging population and the increase in