2015-09-22

Ad hoc advisory committee report on limiting CPAs’ professional liability

The board of the Order took note of the advisory committee’s report and approved the recommendations put forward on CPAs’ professional liability relating to all services other than financial statement audits and financial statement audit services provided by CPAs (in French only).

Briefs

2015-09-03

Brief submitted to the Committee on Public Finance as part of the report of the Quebec Taxation Review Committee

“Quebec’s tax reform and program review provide a rare opportunity that should be used to get to the bottom of things, and to dare examine our ways of doing things and the policies we thought were untouchable.” Such is the challenge issued by the Quebec CPA Order to the Committee on Public Finance, which is looking at the report of the Quebec Taxation Review Committee (the Godbout Report) just as the Robillard Commission released its second report earlier this week.

Briefs

2015-02-17

Brief submitted as part of the Quebec government’s prebudget consultations

The CPA Order is recommending modernizing Quebec taxation through a major shift towards transparency, efficiency and accessibility. This is the focus of the 11 major recommendations the CPA Order presented today to Finance Minister Carlos Leitao as part of the Quebec government’s prebudget consultations.

Briefs

2014-10-21

Brief submitted to the Québec Taxation Review Committee

The Quebec CPA Order submitted a brief to the Québec Taxation Review Committee containing a series of proposals and conditions to help steer the Quebec government toward an equitable and more effective management of the province’s public finances.

Briefs

2014-07-11

Brief submitted to the Commission of Inquiry on the Awarding and Management of Public Contracts in the Construction Industry

As part of the work conducted by the Charbonneau Commission, the CPA Order submitted a brief outlining its recommendations on how to effectively combat collusion and corruption in the awarding of public contracts in the construction industry.

Briefs

2014-05-13

Brief submitted as part of the May 2014 pre-budget consultations

The Order has submitted a brief to Minister of Finance Carlos Leitão as part of the consultations held by the new Quebec government in the lead up to the tabling of the 2014-2015 budget.

Briefs

2014-02-07

Brief submitted as part of the pre-budget consultations

As part of the consultations held in the lead up to the tabling of Quebec’s 2014-2015 budget, the CPA Order submitted a brief that includes 17 recommendations to Minister of Finance and the Economy Nicolas Marceau. The main conclusion of the brief is that, now more than ever, Quebec’s economic environment needs a major overhaul.

Briefs

2013-08-15

Brief on D’Amours Report findings

The Ordre submitted a French brief to the Public Finance Committee as part of special consultations to study the report entitled Innover pour pérenniser le système de retraite. The Order stressed the importance of getting back to the very essence of our retirement system whose aim is to provide sufficient income to sustain an adequate standard of living in retirement, in keeping with our collective ability to pay.

Briefs

2013-04-09

Brief prepared by the Order on Bill 18

As part of special consultations that were held on Bill 18, An Act to amend the Taxation Act and other legislative provisions, the Order submitted a French brief to the Public Finance Committee.

Briefs

2013-03-15

Brief prepared by the Order on Bill 17

Last week, the Order presented a substantive French brief on Bill 17, An Act to amend the Professional Code with respect to disciplinary justice, to the Committee on Institutions. Since protecting the public is one of its main areas of strategic focus, the Order applauds the government’s commitment to optimize the mechanisms in place to ensure that the public and professionals are better served and obtain justice within a reasonable timeframe.

Briefs