2010 Consolidated Financial Report

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KPIUIG KPMG LLP Chartered Accountants 618 Greenwood Centre 3200 Deziel Drive Windsor ON N8W 5K8 Telephone (519) 251 -3500 Telefax (519) 251 -3530 (519) 251 -3540 Internet www.kpmg.ca TH - 51 , 4 - 0 - . .. 1 111 1 1010Q& i ' • To the Members of Council, Inhabitants and Ratepayers of The Corporation of the County of Essex We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of The Corporation of the County of Essex, which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as at December 31, 2010 and the consolidated statements of operations and accumulated surplus, changes in net financial assets and cash flows for the year then ended, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management's Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal controls relevant to the Entity's preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. KPMG LLP is a Canadian limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ( "KPMG International'), a Swiss entity.KPMG Canada provides services to KPMG LLP.