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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Ms. Leslyn Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 2:15:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been confirmed that the government broke the rules by giving preferential treatment to their Liberal friends at McKinsey & Company. The procurement ombudsman has found that the government did, in fact, favour McKinsey, a firm that has received over $100 million of government contracts. The government even changed the eligibility requirements to make sure that McKinsey was selected. The Prime Minister's friend, Dominic Barton, then CEO of McKinsey, recommended the creation of the $35-billion Canada Infrastructure Bank. It then awarded $1.5 million in contracts to McKinsey. While the Prime Minister rewards his Liberal friends with cushy consulting jobs, Canadians are faced with out-of-control rents and mortgages; they are choosing between eating and heating their homes. This Liberal government is not worth the cost and not worth the corruption. Conservatives will end the corruption and fire high-priced consultants.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Apr/17/24 4:04:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, based on what I understand from the answers to my last questions, the public service is currently forced, or feels obliged, to seek out the expertise of certain consultants because it cannot even identify or formulate criteria related to its own needs. That indicates a lack of expertise, and a lack of training. In particular, I would add that it makes no sense for a company that worked on selecting the criteria for a bidding process to be allowed to submit a bid. It creates the appearance of collusion, something that public servants, and companies, must absolutely avoid. That should be avoided. I recommend that the process be reviewed.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Apr/17/24 5:41:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pursuing evidence that the witness gave to the government operations committee on October 20. It is a very interesting skill set that the witness has, to obtain these various contracts. Mr. Firth said, “between my business partner Darren and me, we have 30 years of experience dealing with IT companies, whether we are dealing with independent consultants or we have had the luxury of dealing with true subject matter firms.... [We] build a network in which we know the people”. Is it the case that the business experience that gained him millions of dollars, to his personal benefit, amounts to him having an extensive Rolodex of people in the Ottawa area whom he entertains?
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