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Exhibit 23.1
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KPMG LLP
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Box 10426 777 Dunsmuir Street Telephone (604) 691-3000
Vancouver BC V7K 1K3 Telefax (604) 691-3031
Canada www.kpmg.ca
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Sideware Systems Inc.
We consent to the use of our report dated February 21, 2000 with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Sideware Systems Inc. as of December 31, 1999 and
1998 and the related consolidated statements of operations and deficit and cash
flows for year ended December 31, 1999, the eight months ended December 31, 1998
and the years ended April 30, 1998 and 1997, included in the annual report on
Form 20-F of Sideware Systems Inc., incorporated by reference in the
registration statement on Form F-3 of Sideware Systems Inc. and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus. Our report includes
additional comments for U.S. readers on Canada-U.S. reporting differences with
respect to conditions that cause substantial doubt as to Sideware
Systems Inc.'s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the
outcome of that uncertainty.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Chartered Accountants
Vancouver, Canada
June 6, 2000
