Be aware that there are three (3) statutory regulatory bodies (SRBs) authorized in Canada to qualify and grant certification to accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Society of Management Accountants and the Association of Certified General Accountants.
CanMAPP is an independent member advocacy body, any enquiry regarding CanMAPP should be made only to our offices.
WE ARE A MEMBER ADVOCACY BODY FOR ACCOUNTANTS IN PUBLIC PRACTICE
Why do accountants need an advocacy body?
One must ask the question why is the accounting profession the only remaining senior mature profession not to have established an advocacy body separate and apart from their regulatory body? It is our position that the existence of dual purpose statutory accounting bodies, both regulatory and advocacy, is not in the public interest. Our reasons for this conclusion are set out below.
Being an “advocate” requires specialized set of skills. Skills to promote and advance the best interests of practicing accountants without regard to political reward. Public accounting practitioners need:
§ an open forum to network and discuss ideas
§ member benefits that are well managed and up to date
§ confidential errors and omissions claims information
§ competitive pricing on mandatory public practitioner professional development and mandatory errors and omissions insurance requirements
Consider the other professional bodies in Canada, members of the legal profession have their interests represented by the Canadian and Provincial Bar Associations, while the Law Society(s) acts as a Regulator. Each of these corporate organizations knows whose interest they represent and what role to play. One is there to protect the public interest, the other to advance the interests of their practicing members. Similarly, doctors are regulated by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, while their professional and economic interests are represented by the Canadian and Provincial Medical Associations.
Practicing accountants need true advocacy bodies to work openly and actively for members in all areas of accounting, whether it be in public practice or within corporate management. Canadian accountants who have met the prescribed requirements to be certified or chartered as a designated accountant need and deserve the same structure as law and medicine. CanMAPP is here to fulfill the role as your advocacy body. Membership is voluntary and annual dues are nominal.
CanMAPP was created by public accounting practitioners to represent their best interests. If you believe in this fundamental principle, please consider joining CanMAPP.
CanMAPP is incorporated Federally as a not-for-profit corporation. We are not endorsed by any statutory accounting regulatory body and we seek no endorsement.
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