Category: government contracts

McKinsey’s Links to Canada Infrastructure Bank Probed in Commons Committee

The House of Commons government operations committee continued its study of contracts awarded to multinational consulting firm McKinsey on Feb. 6, with testimony from the head of a crown corporation inspired in part by the former head of McKinsey and who is also himself a former McKinsey partner. Ehren Cory, CEO of the Canadian Infrastructure…


Outsourcing Lacks Transparency, First Committee Meeting on McKinsey Contracts Is Told

There is a lack of transparency and accountability in how federal taxpayer money is being spent on outsourcing, the House of Commons government operations committee heard on Jan. 30 as it began its study into the over $100 million dollars awarded to U.S. consulting firm McKinsey since 2015. Focusing on the general problem of outsourcing,…


Tory and Bloc Leaders Call for Government to Reveal McKinsey Contracts

Leaders of opposition parties said on Jan. 10 they will push the federal government to reveal details on contracts that were awarded to the multinational consulting firm McKinsey. Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet held press conferences in Ottawa to announce their plan to scrutinize the matter. “We need to…


With Revelation CBSA Uses Chinese Radios, Mendicino Says Department-Wide Review Ongoing

As well as the RCMP, Canada’s border security agency has now been found to be using radio equipment from a Chinese company and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he has ordered his department to review all such contracts. “I have instructed my department to do a portfolio-wide scan and review of any other potential…


Ombudsman Says Federal Departments Withhold Documents

Alexander Jeglic, the independent ombudsman tasked with investigating allegations of bias in the award of government contracts, has filed an annual report that says federal departments refuse to provide his office with documents and participate in mediation to solve disputes. On Oct. 19, the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) presented its annual report in…