KPMG LLP is the Canadian member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International’s member firms have 140,000 professionals, including more than 7,900 partners, in 146 countries. KPMG is a Canadian leader in delivering Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. KPMG responds to clients’ complex business challenges across the country and around the world. KPMG operates in 32 locations across Canada. The firm’s more than 430 partners and more than 5,000 employees provide crucial services to many of the top business, not for profit and government organizations in Canada. We work closely with our clients, helping them to manage risks and take advantage of opportunities. Our clients include business corporations, governments, and public sector agencies and not-for-profit organizations. They look to KPMG for a consistent standard of service based on high order professional capabilities, industry insight, and local knowledge. As a firm, we are actively connected to the communities where we operate—as a business, as an employer—in every sense. So making a commitment to having a positive impact is how we recognize the significance of our relationship with the communities where we operate and live. The KPMG culture is rooted in our values. Our integrity and policy of open and honest communication builds trust and collaboration, while our flexibility and diversity creates a culture in which people share knowledge freely, bringing out the very best in each other. Asked why they choose to work with KPMG, many clients talk about our high level of professional ethics, our loyalty, and our approachability. At KPMG we try to create sustainable, long-term economic growth, not just for our people and clients, but for the broader society, too. We seek to be good community leaders, making a real difference to the communities in which we operate.