'Pawns in this chess game': Questions remain about CPA Canada split
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Chartered Professional Accountants in Quebec and Ontario are still looking for answers about how the decision for their provincial oversight bodies to split from CPA Canada was made and what it means for the future of their profession.
“It makes me feel that there’s politics involved, and we’re just ... pawns in this chess game,” said Ryan Lazanis, founder of Future Firm and a member of the Quebec CPA Order.
The two departing organizations say the unification of the accounting profession will not be undone, and that they’re doing what’s best for their members, but CPA Canada says the decision puts the profession at risk.
CPA Canada was created in 2013 to unify the various professional accounting organizations and designations. The national organization, which is not a regulatory body, is responsible for standards and coordinates education and exams. Its counterparts are the provincial, territorial and Bermudian bodies, known collectively as the PTBs, which regulate and enforce the profession as well as administer exams.