Bank Dalton in Canada is an immaterial subsidiary of a group in the banking sector headquartered in Germany with several affiliates across Europe. The group has been audited by the same audit firm for the past 25 years but as a PIE in the European Union, it will now need to change its auditor. A request for proposal has been issued for the 2017 (calendar year) audit. The Canada office of EY has just started a project for Bank Dalton assisting with improving their financial statement closing process, and the project is expected to complete in the first half of 2017. Could this be an issue if the Germany office of EY wants to propose for the 2017 audit?