ONTARIO'S novel Public Accounting Act.

ONTARIO'S novel Public Accounting Act, which grants access to public accounting licences to novel groups of accounting professionals, received the unanimous co-operation of the Ontario Legislature in succession 10 June, just one day after being introduced by way of attorney general Michael Bryant.

"The swift passage of this bill demonstrates that the regulation working with the principal accounting bodies, achieved an historic consensus that will be subservient to the public interest and strengthen the practice of public accounting in Ontario," Bryant said.

The legislation, which will be ey with interest from all of Canada's other accounting bodies, makes public accounting licences accessible to the