2. Supporters of the merger argue that it will result in marketing cost savings. Do you think there will actually be such savings? What other costs might be reduced (increased) by the merger?

3. how might the propsed merger affect the differentiation that has historically existed in the Canadian accounting profession?

It's A Battle of Accounting Acronyms: The Merger In total, these three groups have about 215 000 members. On various of Three Canadian Accounting Groups occasions, there has been talk about merging the three groups into For many years, there have been three professional accounting one since there has been some blurring of the differences among them groups in Canada: chartered accountants (CAs certified manage over the years. For example, CAs used to be the only group that could ment accountants (CMAs), and certified general accountants (CGAs). erform audits on public companies, but now the other designations