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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Sideware Systems Inc.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Sideware Systems Inc. of our report dated February 21, 2000,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Sideware Systems Inc. as at
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
operations and deficit and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1999,
the eight months ended December 31, 1998, and the years ended April 30, 1998
and 1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form
20-F of Sideware Systems Inc. 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.
"KPMG LLP"
Chartered Accountants
Vancouver, Canada
October 25, 2000
