Canadian Public Accountability Board
- Canadian Public Accountability Board
The Canadian Public Accountability Board (abbreviated CPAB) is a federal agency which oversees Canadian accounting firms which do auditing work, including leading firms such as BDO Dunwoody LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton Canada, KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, all of which audit financial statements of publicly-traded companies. [cite web |url=http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080818.wrlepan18/BNStory/Business/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080818.wrlepan18 |first=Tara |last=Perkins |title=Piecemeal system hampers watchdog |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2008-08-18 |accessdate=2008-08-20 ]
A 2008 review by CPAB of these six auditing firms revealed that of 130 audit files examined, 11 were found to have deficiencies. [cite web |url=http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080818.wrlepan18/BNStory/Business/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080818.wrlepan18 |first=Tara |last=Perkins |title=Piecemeal system hampers watchdog |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2008-08-18 |accessdate=2008-08-20 ]
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