Category: procurement

MPs Push for Tighter Rules on UK Public Procurement From Hostile States

The UK is facing “Huawei-level decisions on a range of security measures,” Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Monday as she and a number of MPs called for tighter rules around public procurement. The government “took too long” to strip Huawei—a Chinese telecommunications giant—from the UK’s 5G network, the Conservative MP said…


No Governance Committee Actively Monitoring Procurement Activities: Audit Report on Heritage Department

An audit of purchasing practices in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department finds, among several findings, there is no governance committee that “actively provide[s] guidance and oversight over procurement activities.” The findings are the results of an audit conducted by the internal audit function of the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), which were compiled as a…


No Governance Committee Actively Monitoring Procurement Activities at Heritage Department: Audit Report

An audit of purchasing practices in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department has found there is no governance committee that “actively provide[s] guidance and oversight over procurement activities.” This and other findings are the result of an audit conducted by the internal audit function of the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), which were compiled in the…


Procurement Minister Defends Shipbuilding Plan Amid Challenges

Canada’s procurement minister is defending the federal government’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan amid mounting concerns about new delays and cost overruns. Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi used a speech to a major arms industry conference today to note that shipyards in Halifax and Vancouver have delivered five large ships to the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast…