The 2017 annual report of Bank of Montreal, contained the following excerpt in the Independent Auditors' Report

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The 2017 annual report of Bank of Montreal, contained the following excerpt in the "Independent Auditors' Report of Registered Public Accounting Firm":

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Bank's internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2017, based on the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated December 5, 2017 expressed an unmodified (unqualified) opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank's internal control over financial reporting.

Why is this a requirement of a Canadian company?

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Horngrens Accounting Volume 1

ISBN: 9780135359709

11th Canadian Edition

Authors: Tracie Miller Nobles, Brenda Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura, Carol Meissner, JoAnn Johnston, Peter Norwood

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