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GrantThornton Independent auditors' report GrantThornton LLP 200.1633 Ellis Street KelownaBC V1Y2A8 T (250)712-6800 (800) 661-4244 (Toll Free) F (250)712-6850 www.GrantThornton.ca To the members of Council of the District of Lake Country We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the District of Lake Country ("the District"), which comprise the statement of financial position as at December 31, 2016, and the statement of operations and accumulated surplus, the statement of changes in net assets and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management's responsibility for the financial statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian public sector accounting standards, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material mis statement, whether due to fiaud or error. Auditors' responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these 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 the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to firaud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the District's preparation and fair presentation of the 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 District'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 financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the District of Lake Country as at December 31, 2016, and the restilts of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian public sector accounting standards. IIP Kelowna, Canada May 9, 2017 Audit* Tax •AdvfKty Grant Thomton LLP. A Canadten Member of Grani Tfwnton Intemallonai Ltd Chartered Professional Accountants