Roger Colin Smith

Roger’s emerging tax law practice includes several areas of focus. In particular, Roger has expertise in sales taxes, including GST/HST, provincial sales taxes and the Select Luxury Items Tax. Roger also advises on tax disputes, including matters within the administrative processes of the Canada Revenue Agency and tax litigation at the Tax Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal.

Roger has worked on matters for clients including Canadian and US financial institutions, pension funds, and major companies in sectors including utilities, commodities and aerospace and defence.

Roger has completed the Canadian Bar Association’s Tax Law for Lawyers and CPA Canada’s In-Depth Tax Course. Before joining Osler, Roger worked at a boutique law firm affiliated with a global accounting firm.

Choice Properties REIT in its $9.4-billion joint acquisition of First Capital REIT in partnership with KingSett Capital

The Board of Trustees of the WSIB Pension Plan Fund in the conversion of WSIB’s defined benefit, single employer pension plan to a jointly sponsored pension plan

We review the key changes from the previous version of the policy and how it could affect taxpayers.