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House Hansard - 81

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 81 - Jun/3/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West, CPC)
  • Jun/3/22 11:57:42 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, government departments are continuing to violate Treasury Board rules by allowing Liberal insiders and preferred vendors to split contracts in order to avoid a competitive bid process. An Order Paper question that came back shows several hundred examples of this. This was brought up to the previous Treasury Board president, who frankly could not care less. Will the new President of the Treasury Board address this or will she too turn a Liberal blind eye to this corruption?
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Context: House Hansard - 81 - Jun/3/22
Hon. Mona Fortier (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Jun/3/22 11:58:14 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, our government is committed to providing high-quality services to Canadians while ensuring the best value for taxpayers, which is why contracts are issued in a fair way in accordance with Treasury Board policy. The procurement of professional services is used to complement the work of Canada's professional public service by meeting unexpected fluctuations and workloads and to acquire special expertise, such as in response to the health care needs of remote northern communities. We know a strong federal public service is the best way to deliver for Canadians and we will continue to do so.
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Context: House Hansard - 81 - Jun/3/22
Mr. Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands, CPC)
  • Jun/3/22 1:24:28 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thought that was a really great speech given by my colleague from British Columbia. Going through the Auditor General's report here, I find it quite fascinating that there is one line that reads: Also, lack of engagement with key stakeholders in governance mechanisms can lead to problems that are costly and time consuming to solve after contracts are awarded. I think that has been an emerging theme across multiple Auditor General reports that we are seeing in committee. I am wondering if the member has any comments toward that issue.
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