**Exhibit
      99.8**









KPMG
                LLP
              Telephone
              (416)
                228-7000**Chartered
                Accountants**
              Telefax
              (416)
                228-7123Young
                Corporate Centre
              www.kpmg.ca4100
                Young
                Street Suite 200North
                  York, ON M2P 2H3
 
  **Consent
          of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**
  To
              the Board of Directors of YM BioSciences Inc.
  We
              consent to the inclusion in this annual report on Form 40-F and to
              the
              incorporation by reference into the Company's registration statements
              on Form
              S-8 (File No. 333-134410) and Form F-10 (File No. 333-131250) of our
              audit
              report dated September 21, 2006 on the consolidated balance sheets
              of YM
              BioSciences Inc. ( the Company ) as at June 30, 2006 and 2005 and the
              consolidated statements of operations and deficit accumulated during
              the
              development stage and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
              period
              ended June 30, 2006 and for the period from inception on August 17,
              1994 to June
              30, 2006 and our Comments by Auditors for United States Readers on
              Canada-United
              States Reporting Differences, dated September 21, 2006 which is contained
              in
              this annual report on Form 40-F of the Company for the fiscal year
              ended June
              30, 2006.
 
  Chartered
          Accountants
  Toronto,
          Canada
 September
          21, 2006
   
  KPMG
                    LLP
                  Telephone
                  (416)
                    228-7000**Chartered
                    Accountants**
                  Telefax
                  (416)
                    228-7123Young
                    Corporate Centre
                  www.kpmg.ca4100
                    Young
                    Street Suite 200North
                      York, ON M2P 2H3
 
  **COMMENTS
              BY AUDITORS FOR U.S. READERS ON CANADA-U.S. REPORTING** **DIFFERENCES**
  In
              the United States, reporting standards for auditors require the addition
              of an
              explanatory paragraph (following the opinion paragraph) when there
              is a change
              in accounting principles that has a material effect on the comparability
              of
              financial statements, such as the changes described in Note 1(m) and
              Note 8, to
              the Company's consolidated financial statements as at June 30, 2006
              and 2005,
              and for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2006
              and for
              the period from August 17, 1994 to June 30, 2006. Our report to the
              shareholders
              dated September 21, 2006, included in the annual report on form 40-F,
              is
              expressed in accordance with Canadian reporting standards which do
              not require a
              reference to such a change in accounting principles in the auditors'
              report when
              the change is properly accounted for and adequately
              disclosed in the financial statements.
   Chartered
                Accountants
   Toronto,
                Canada
 September
                21, 2006