Alex Cerelli

Discussions with public office holders about modernizing retirement savings and withdrawal policies, education savings policies, financial literacy, and tax policies.

Discussion with government officials regarding off-campus work hours permitted for international students on study permits under R18(v) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. Discussion about the unintended business and administrative consequences of certain tax policy changes and the implications these changes have had on businesses which have paid carbon taxes to government that cannot now be collected. Discussions about international trade and smuggling of unregulated products into Canada and the impact of these illegal activities on regulated, legal products imported into and distributed within Canada.