John Hancock Investment Trust N-14 Registration statement for investment companies business combination

Exhibit 14

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-14 of John Hancock Funds II of our report dated October 22, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appears in John Hancock Mid Cap Stock Fund Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended August 31, 2020. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Experts” and “Exhibit A Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

July 27, 2021