Study the report of the independent registered public accounting firm in the TELUS annual report given on MyAccountingLab and answer the following questions about TELUS's internal controls and cash position:
1. What is the name of TELUS's outside auditing firm? What office of this firm signed the auditor's report? How long after TELUS's year end did the auditors issue their opinion?
2. Who bears responsibility for the financial statements? How can you tell?
3. Does the auditor guarantee that internal controls are effective? Explain.
4. What standard of auditing did the outside auditors use in examining TELUS's financial statements? By what accounting standards were the statements evaluated?
5. By how much did TELUS's cash position change during 2013?