EXHIBIT 23(B)

                               CONSENT OF COUNSEL

         Shutts & Bowen LLP hereby consents to the use of its name in the
Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement of Intertape Polymer
Group Inc. and in any amendment thereto.

                                         SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP


                                         /s/ Shutts & Bowen LLP
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                                         September 17, 2001
Orlando, Florida



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