A Bloc Québécois MP raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest with regard to some links between the former federal government’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth and the crown corporation Canada Infrastructure Bank, with consulting firm McKinsey straddling the two.
The House of Commons committee on infrastructure has been studying the role of McKinsey in the creation of the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and heard from former Finance Minister Bill Morneau on June 8.
Bloc MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval remarked to Morneau that former head of McKinsey Dominic Barton and then-president of the Quebec pension fund CDPQ Michael Sabia had worked for free on Morneau’s Advisory Council, which supported the establishment of the CIB….