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PUBLIC NOTICE
“Chartered Global Practising Accountants of Canada”

The “Chartered Global Practising Accountants of Canada” (CGPA Canada) is incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.

It is important to note that:

  • CGPA Canada is not affiliated with, related to, or endorsed by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Yukon (“CPAYT”) or CPA Canada; and
     
  • CGPA Canada’s members are not authorized to practise or hold themselves out as professional accountants in the Yukon unless such persons also hold current membership in good standing with CPAYT.

CGPA Canada makes numerous false and misleading statements on its website and in its blogs, including assertions:

  • that CGPA Canada is a regulatory body and chartered professional accountancy body in Canada;
     
  • that CGPA Canada offers courses, examinations or licences that authorizes its members to offer audit, review, or compilation services in the Yukon; and
     
  • that CGPA Canada has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian accounting standards.

CGPA Canada is not and has never been a chartered professional accountancy body or professional accountancy body in the Yukon or anywhere else in Canada.

In particular, CGPA Canada has no statutory authority to regulate the CPA profession in the Yukon. That authority is granted exclusively to CPAYT, the sole professional regulatory body for professional ‎accountants in the Yukon under the Yukon Chartered Professional Accountants Act (the “CPA Act”). CPAYT has exclusive authority to regulate professional accountants in the Yukon, in accordance with its statutory mandate to protect the public interest.

The CPA Act prohibits CGPA Canada members from providing any of the following services in the Yukon (unless such persons also hold current membership in good standing in CPAYT, as well as appropriate public practice licensure with CPAYT):

  • performing an audit engagement or issuing an auditor's report in accordance with – or that purports to be performed or issued in accordance with – CPA Canada standards;
     
  • performing any other assurance engagement or issuing an assurance report in accordance with – or that purports to be performed or issued in accordance with – CPA Canada standards; or
     
  • issuing any form of certification, declaration or opinion with respect to information related to a financial statement or any part of a financial statement, on the application of CPA Canada financial reporting standards, or on the application of specified auditing procedures in accordance with CPA Canada standards.

The CPA Act does not prevent CGPA Canada members from describing themselves as “accountants”. However, it prohibits CGPA Canada members from using or displaying various professional designations that are reserved for the exclusive use of members of CPAYT, including the designations "professional accountant" and "Chartered Professional Accountant" (unless such persons also hold current membership in good standing in CPAYT).

February 24, 2025