text: **INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT**
  
  Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial 
  statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and for such internal 
  control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial 
  statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 
  
  **Auditors’ responsibility**
  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our 
  audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing 
  standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform 
  the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are 
  free from material misstatement. 
  **Auditors’ responsibility**
  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted 
  our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply 
  with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 
  financial statements are free from material misstatement. 