The Trudeau government’s “ambitious agenda” justifies the hundreds of millions spent on outside contractors, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said on Feb. 8.
Fortier was testifying at the House of Commons government operations committee looking into the issue of contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
She said on at least three occasions that her government’s “ambitious agenda” required relying on the private sector to support the public service.
Fortier said that the amount of outsourcing is consistent with the size of the public service and that the amount is almost proportional to what was being done in 2015.
The committee decided to study McKinsey contracts after CBC reported that its business had increased exponentially since the Liberals took power in 2015….