Terms & Conditions

The Canadian Public Accountability Board maintains its website and its social media sites (collectively, the CPAB website) as a public service for information purposes only. The Terms of Access and Use (Terms) on which you are permitted to access or use the CPAB website are set out below. If you do not accept these Terms, please do not access the CPAB website and do not use any information contained on it.

Your access to the site, or any part thereof, shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of these terms. These Terms may change from time to time. You are responsible for informing yourself of the Terms then in effect whenever you access the CPAB website or use information contained on it. Your continued access to the CPAB website or use of information contained on it following any changes to these Terms constitute your acceptance of the revised terms.  

CPAB accepts no responsibility for unauthorized access to the CPAB website, for unauthorized use of information contained on the CPAB website, or for actions of the reader that may result from or be in any way related to that access and/or use.

You may access and use the information contained on the CPAB website for information purposes only. You may view, print and download the information. 

You may not use or rely on the information for business purposes. You may not use the CPAB website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the CPAB website, or any system or network connected to it.

The information contained on this site is for general information only. You should neither act, nor refrain from action, based on any such information. For any matter emanating from or in any way related to the content of the CPAB website, you should take appropriate professional advice as the application of laws and regulations may vary depending on particular circumstances and because laws and regulations undergo frequent change.

While CPAB endeavors to ensure that the information on this site is correct, it makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, about the information provided through this website (including any hypertext links), its accuracy or timeliness. CPAB shall not be liable for any damages on any basis (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising directly or indirectly in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this site (or any hypertext links), or any information contained in it (or any hypertext links), or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this site or any information contained on the CPAB website.

Part of this site may contain material submitted to CPAB by third parties. Third parties are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on this site complies with international and national law. CPAB shall not be responsible for any error, omission or inaccuracy in the third party material, and reserves the right to omit, suspend or change the position of any material submitted.

CPAB accepts no responsibility for the content on any site to which a hypertext link from the CPAB website exists or for any loss or penalty which may be incurred as a result of any linking to any location through a linked site. The links are provided for information and/or reference only, and on an “as is” basis with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within them or the accuracy or source or right to access or use any information found at any other site accessed by means of the CPAB website.

CPAB does not warrant that the site is compatible with your computer equipment or technological system, or that the CPAB website is free of errors, viruses, worms or Trojan horses. CPAB shall not be liable for any damage you may suffer as a result of such or similar features.