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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 3:50:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the procurement ombudsman found that 76% of resources named in bids on the ArriveCAN contracts did no work and were switched out for other companies. He termed this “bait and switch”, which is often used to sub out expensive subcontractors for cheaper ones, allowing the middlemen to take home more profit. Did Mr. Firth switch out any of his proposed resources on the ArriveCAN application contracts?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:51:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, through you, has Mr. Firth ever engaged in bait and switch in any of his contracts with the Government of Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:51:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General found in her ArriveCAN report that Mr. Firth sat at the table with public servants to draft the requirements for a contract worth $25 million that he was later awarded and, thereby, was setting the price. Through you, what are the names of those public servants?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:52:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is in direct contradiction to the name that was submitted by Mr. Firth as a direct answer to this question to me at a committee last month. Why is the answer changing today?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:53:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General also found that the CBSA advised KPMG, a multinational consulting firm, that it would be a subcontractor under Mr. Firth's two-person middleman company. At committee, the deputy auditor general confirmed this would allow Mr. Firth and GC Strategies to take an additional 20% cut of the contract, despite not even doing the work to get KPMG as a subcontractor. How many times have public servants provided him with subcontractors?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:54:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will take that to mean that public servants have provided him with subcontractors many times.
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