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Bruce Sinclair, CPA, FCA
Bruce is the leader of the Vancouver tax
group for Blakes Cassels and Graydon.
He began his career in 1978, articling
with Coopers & Lybrand, and became a
CA two years later, after earning BC’s
bronze medal on the UFE.
Bruce worked at Coopers & Lybrand
for 13 years then joined Sheinin and
Company, where he became a tax
partner. After 10 years with Sheinin and
Co., he joined Borden Ladner Gervais
LLP, and served as tax partner and head
of its national tax group for another five
years. In 2008, he took on his current
role with Blakes Cassels and Graydon.
Deeply committed to tax education
and professional development, Bruce
has served on the program committees for two BC tax conferences. He has also been
highly active with the Canadian Tax Foundation, serving on its board of governors
and executive committee, and authoring and coauthoring a variety of articles and
presentations.
In addition, Bruce co-authored Taxation of Canadian Mining Income (1990), and
taught a number of professional development courses for the ICABC.
In recognition of his expertise, Bruce was named to Legal Media Group’s Guide to
the World’s Leading Tax Advisers in 2012.

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G. Leslie (Les) Squire, CPA, FCA
Les is the owner and founder of Squire
and Company in Abbotsford.
Les became a CA in 1993 while
articling with Deloitte and Touche in
Langley. Prior to forming his own
practice in 1998, he spent some time in
industry and then worked for several
years with BDO Dunwoody.
A longstanding member of the ICABC
professional development committee,
Les has played a lead role in bringing
professional development courses to
Abbotsford, to the benefit of hundreds
of accountants working and living in the
region. As a founding member of the
Fraser Valley CA Association, he has
also worked tirelessly to bring peers in
the Fraser Valley region together. For his efforts on behalf of the profession, Les
received the ICABC’s Ritchie McCloy Award in 2008.
Also deeply involved in the community at large, Les currently volunteers as treasurer
of the Mission Community Foundation. In addition, he was a founding member of the
Estate Planning Council of Abbotsford and served as a director of the Seniors Healthy
Aging Resource Society and the Langley Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, he participated
as a rider and fundraiser for the Biking for Bibles event, a 725.6-kilometre bike ride
across BC and Alberta.

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