In early 2018, Canadian Accountant managing editor Colin Ellis interviewed the now-retired CEO of the Canadian Public Accountability Board, Brian Hunt, FCPA, FCA, ICD, for the March/April 2018 issue of Director Journal, published by the Institute of Corporate Directors.This profile focuses on the modern role of corporate directors and audit committee members and its transformative change.

The latest federal budget announced a Municipal Infrastructure Top-Up of $2.2 billion, which will double the amount of money municipalities generally receive through the federal gas tax fund. While this announcement is good news for municipalities, it is one-time funding and not the sustained, long-term commitment that is required.

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Day 1. The CPA profession is discreet about how Day 1 is marked, merely saying it’s a holistic assessment of the candidate’s ability to follow the “CPA Way.”. If you don’t know what the CPA Way is, just Google it—there are plenty of web pages and videos. You will be beaten over the head with this thing throughout the CPA ...

Now you’re ready to go. So here are five winning strategies for when you’re actually in the room, writing your CPA PEP exam. 1. Follow the CPA way. I’ve stressed this strategy before and it’s extra-important come exam time. You must follow the CPA way in every exam you take because that is your roadmap to success.

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In fact, a series of scandals have engulfed members of the “big four” accounting firms of KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY) and PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC), which dominate the industry. In recent years, EY has been criticised over its audits of failed financial firm Wirecard, as has Deloitte over its audit of transport company Go Ahead.