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AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA

AUDITOR'S REPORT

To the Chairman of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board and to the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada

I have audited the statement of operations of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board for the year ended March 31, 1998. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Board's management. My responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on my audit.

I conducted my audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that I plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

In my opinion, this financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations of the Board for the year ending March 31, 1998 in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 2 to the financial statement.

Richard Flageole, FCA
Assistant Auditor General
for the Auditor General of Canada

Ottawa, Canada
July 6, 1998