Exhibit 2

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Brookfield Place
181 Bay Street
Suite 1400
Toronto ON M5J 2V1
Canada
 
Tel: 416-601-6150
Fax: 416-601-6151
www.deloitte.ca

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (the “Company”) on Form F‑9 of our report dated March 14, 2007 to the board of directors and shareholders of the Company on the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as at December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the years then ended which appears in the Company’s annual report filed on Form 40-F.

Independent Registered Chartered Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants

Toronto, Ontario
November 1, 2007

Member of

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu