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The Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) is pleased to announce the following appointments to its IFRS Discussion Group (IDG). Doug Cameron, Ernst & Young LLP, Toronto (Chair) Sophie Bureau, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Montreal Richard Burton, McCain Foods Limited, Toronto Armand Capisciolto, BDO Dunwoody LLP, Sault Ste. Marie Benoit Caron, Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa Gord Fowler, KPMG LLP, Toronto Lara Gaede, Alberta Securities Commission, Calgary Clair Grindley, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto Cally Hunt, BMO Financial Group, Toronto Nicolino Iannotti, Gildan Activewear Inc., Montreal Constantino Malatesta, CAE Inc., Montreal Cameron McInnis, Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto Orest Pyshniak, The Brick Group Income Fund, Edmonton Maruf Raza, Collins Barrow LLP, Toronto Jim Saloman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Toronto David Spence, Corus Entertainment Inc., Toronto Patricia Walters, Disclosure Analytics Inc., Roseland, USA The AcSB continues to seek an additional financial statement user to serve on the Group and would welcome expressions of interest from individuals with that background. The purpose of the IDG is to assist the AcSB in identifying issues relating to the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in Canada. The IDG will be a public forum in which such issues can be discussed. The IDG will make recommendations to the AcSB as to whether particular issues should be referred to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) or the IASB’s International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee. The first meeting has been set for Wednesday November 25th in Toronto. Further details will be made available in due course. |