Description: This 1978 presentation discusses the recommendation made by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants to move to a GAAP basis for reporting for life insurance companies. The primary purposes would be to report earnings on a going concern basis, rather than on a basis dominated by solvency considerations, and to promote improved comparability of reported financial results among companies.

Description: A summary of the report of the Canadian Royal Commission on Taxation. According to the author, the report conceives the tax structure to be a proper tool of government in far-reaching policies of income redistribution and management of the economy.