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2024 Commodity Tax Symposium

Dominic DiFruscio

Dominic DiFruscio

Director of GST/HST General Operations, Border Issues and Public Sector Bodies at the Department of Finance Canada 

B.C.L., LL.B.

Dominic is the Director of GST/HST General Operations, Border Issues and Public Sector Bodies at the Department of Finance Canada. His responsibilities include leading the development and evaluation of tax policy and legislation and providing advice to the Minister of Finance. Dominic is also Canada’s principal delegate and a Vice-Chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Committee on Consumption Taxes. Previously, he negotiated the tax provisions of international treaties, worked at a Canadian national law firm, advised senior government officials and parliamentarians and clerked at the Court of Québec. He holds a Joint Bachelor of Common Law and Civil Law (McGill), a degree in Political Science with minor in Economics (Ottawa) and studied at L’Institut d’études politiques de Paris. Dominic is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Québec.