(1) Subject to subsection (2), the annual financial statements referred to in paragraph 155(1)(a) of the Act shall be prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP.
(2) For an SEC registrant, the financial statements may be prepared in accordance with US GAAP.
(3) to (6) [Repealed, SOR/2016-98, s. 2]
(7) The financial statements shall contain a note stating whether the statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP or US GAAP.
(8) [Repealed, SOR/2016-98, s. 2]
Auditor’s Report
71.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the auditor’s report referred to in section 169 of the Act shall be prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAS.
(2) For an SEC registrant that has prepared its financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and whose auditors are in compliance with the professional practice standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States, the auditor’s report may be prepared in accordance with US GAAS.
(3) [Repealed, SOR/2016-98, s. 3]
(4) If the auditor’s report referred to in subsection (2) is prepared in accordance with US GAAS and is for a financial year that begins on or after January 1, 2011, it shall comply with section 3.8 of NI 52-107, but for the purpose of applying that section,
(a) the expression U.S. PCAOB GAAS has the meaning assigned to the expression US GAAS by section 70 of these Regulations; and
(b) the expression SEC issuer has the meaning assigned to the expression SEC registrant by section 70 of these Regulations.