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December 22, 2004



Consent of Independent Auditors


We hereby consent to the use in this Annual Report on Form 40-F of CanWest
Global Communications Corp. of our report dated November 10, 2004, except for
note 24 which is as of November 18, 2004, relating to the consolidated financial
statements of CanWest Global Communications Corp. as of August 31, 2004 and 2003
and for the years ended August 31, 2004 and 2003.



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