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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission


Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 40-F/A





(Check one)

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|o |  | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

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|þ |  | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(a) OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended:
August 31, 2002
          
Commission File Number: 1-14148



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CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




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|Canada                                                            |  | 4833                                                     |  | Not applicable                      
|(Province or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) |  | (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) |  | (I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)

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|3100 TD Centre                                                             |  |                                                                                                                          
|201 Portage Avenue                                                         |  | Kaye Scholer LLP                                                                                                         
|Winnipeg, Manitoba                                                         |  | 425 Park Avenue                                                                                                          
|Canada R3B 3L7                                                             |  | New York, New York 10022                                                                                                 
|(204) 956-2025                                                             |  | (212) 836-8000                                                                                                           
|(Address and telephone number of
Registrants principal executive offices) |  | (Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number
(including area code) of agent for service in the United States)



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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

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|Title of each class |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
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|Non-Voting Shares   |  | The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.        
|                    |  | The Toronto Stock Exchange               



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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act. None.





Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act. None.





For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:


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Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes
of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual
report.

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|98,371,658 |  | Subordinate Voting Shares outstanding
|76,785,976 |  | Multiple Voting Shares outstanding   
|1,903,401  |  | Non-Voting Shares outstanding        



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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by filing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the Exchange Act). If Yes is marked, indicate the filing number assigned
to the Registrant in connection with such Rule.

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|Yes |  | o |  | No |  | þ



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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

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|Yes |  | þ |  | No |  | o



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|EXPLANATORY NOTE                                 
|UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS    
|SIGNATURES                                       
|CERTIFICATION                                    
|EXHIBIT INDEX                                    
|REVISED AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP            
|906 CERTIFICATION: CEO                           
|906 CERTIFICATION: CFO                           



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EXPLANATORY NOTE

CanWest Global Communications Corp. (the Company) hereby amends its
Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2002
(originally filed January 9, 2003) (the Original Form 40-F) to replace the
audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal
years ended August 31, 2002 and 2001, together with the report of the auditors
thereon set forth in Exhibit 2 to the Original Form 40-F with the revised
audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal
years ended August 31, 2002 and 2001, together with the report of the auditors
thereon attached hereto as Exhibit 1. In addition, in connection with the
filing of this Form 40-F/A and pursuant to the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Company is including with this Form 40-F/A certain
currently dated certifications. No other changes have been made to the
Original Form 40-F. This Form 40-F/A does not reflect events occurring after
the filing of the original Form 40-F (except for the
Auditors
Report and note 18 and the revision to note 20 in the notes
to the financial statements) and does not modify or update the
disclosure therein in any way other than as required to reflect the amendments
discussed above and reflected below.




UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

Undertaking

Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone,
representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to
furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information
relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities
in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F
arises; or transactions in said securities.

Consent to Service of Process

Registrant filed an Appointment of Agent for Service of Process on Form
F-X concurrently with the filing of its Registration Statement on Form F-10 on
June 4, 1996.





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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F/A and has duly
caused this amendment to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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|                    |  | CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
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|Date: June 18, 2003 |  | By:                                 |  | /s/ John E. Maguire                                
|                    |  |                                     |  |                                                    
|                    |  |                                     |  | John E. Maguire                                    
|                    |  |                                     |  | Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer




CERTIFICATION



|   |  | I, Leonard Asper, certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|1. |  | I have reviewed this amendment to the annual report on Form 40-F/A of
CanWest Global Communications Corp.:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this amendment to the annual report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this amendment to the annual report;
|  
|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this amendment to the annual report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this amendment
to the annual report;                   
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|4. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:                                                                                                                                    

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this amendment to the annual report is being
prepared;

b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
amendment to the annual report (the Evaluation Date); and

c) presented in this amendment to the annual report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;



|5. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of registrants board of directors (and persons performing the
equivalent function):
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a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal controls;
and



|6. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
amendment to the annual report whether there were significant changes in
internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal
controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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Date: June 18, 2003

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|----------------- |  | -------------------------------------
|/s/ Leonard Asper
|                 
|Name:             |  | Leonard Asper                        
|Title:            |  | President and Chief Executive Officer





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CERTIFICATION



|   |  | I, John Maguire, certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|  
|1. |  | I have reviewed this amendment to the annual report on Form 40-F/A of
CanWest Global Communications Corp.:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|  
|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this amendment to the annual report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this amendment to the annual report;
|  
|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this amendment to the annual report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this amendment
to the annual report;                   
|  
|3. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:                                                                                                                                    

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this amendment to the annual report is being
prepared;

b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
amendment to the annual report (the Evaluation Date); and

c) presented in this amendment to the annual report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;



|5. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of registrants board of directors (and persons performing the
equivalent function):
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a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal controls;
and



|6. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
amendment to the annual report whether there were significant changes in
internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal
controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.
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Date: June 18, 2003

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|/s/ John Maguire
|                
|Name:            |  | John Maguire               
|Title:           |  | Vice-President, Finance and
|                 |  | Chief Financial Officer    





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EXHIBIT INDEX

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|Exhibit |  |                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Number  |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                 
|        |  |                                                                                                                                                                                             
|1       |  | Revised audited consolidated financial statements and the notes
thereto for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2002 and 2001, together
with the report of the auditors thereon               
|2       |  | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                                                                                                                                                       
|3       |  | Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of
Leonard Asper, President and Chief Executive Officer.             
|4       |  | Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of
John Maguire, Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.