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      April 2003
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Features
 
  Championship vision
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., with assets that include an NHL team, an NBA team, digital channels and the Air Canada Centre, is the best run sports organization in North America. And a CA, the firm’s CFO, has been instrumental in its success.
By Bonnie Munday


A year of Snafus
And what a year it’s been for our resident advice guru Mr. Snafu. From queries on detaxers to desperate pleas for help on the homefront, Mr. Snafu was as busy as a CA in tax season. But he still found time to address a love interest and reveal a deep dark secret.


Upfront
 
People With his large red nose and floppy shoes, William Cantlon may look like a fool, but this serious CA has respectable reasons for clowning around.

News and trends • Unlocking your desk’s secrets • Businesses could save billions • Season is taxing on health • Financial planning on the rise • Determining the ROI in IT security • Add the ‘three Ps’ to your client service

Numbers game A few golden moments from the past decades.

Ask an expert How to prevent identity theft

Technovations Viewsonic Pocket PC V35 • Toshiba e740 • Xerox Phaser 8200N Workgroup Colour Printer

Book value Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel

Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Want You to Know



Findings Salary survey, Part II

Ties that bind Watchdog wars

Going concern Mossadiq Umedaly, CA, Executive Chairman, Xantrex Technology


Regulars
 
  Taxation The ABCs of the VDP
By Barbara Dombek and Shashi Fernando-Eden

Law Electronic discovery
By Peter Vakof

Technology Accounting for business
By Michael Burns

Insolvency At the receiving end
By Peter P. Farkas

Performance Multi-message model
By Martha Jones Denning


COLUMNS
 
Inside out Championship Financial Officer
Off the record A trap to avoid
Netwatch Be vigilant about security
Outlook Government mismanagement
Letters to the editor