MPs on a parliamentary committee have voted in favour of undertaking a study investigating the large increase in spending by the federal government on contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Co. The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) will also question federal ministers on the issue, along with McKinsey representatives. The motion was put forward by Conservative MP…
MPs Vote to Undertake Committee Study Investigating McKinsey Contracts
Feds Say Total Amount of McKinsey Contracts is Over $100M
The amount of money the federal government spent on consulting firm McKinsey is much higher than what was reported in the media in recent days, with officials indicating this week it has topped $100 million. Public broadcaster CBC had reported the Trudeau government awarded the U.S. multinational McKinsey $66 million in contracts since taking power…
Opposition MPs Request Committee Meeting to Examine McKinsey Contracts
Opposition MPs are requesting a House of Commons committee meeting to examine the large increase in government contracts being awarded to the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey since the Trudeau Liberals took power in 2015. “In the past seven years, McKinsey & Company has garnered $66 million in federal contracts, representing a 30-fold increase from the previous…
Rules Will Change if Needed, Trudeau Says on McKinsey Receiving Multiple Contracts
Two federal ministers have been asked to look into the issue of an increasing number of government contracts going to U.S. consulting firm McKinsey, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Jan. 11 from Mexico City. “Public officials have always reached out to external companies to help them modernize government operations, but we’ll do follow-up to…
Tory and Bloc Leaders Call for Government to Reveal McKinsey Contracts
Leaders of opposition parties said on Jan. 10 they will push the federal government to reveal details on contracts that were awarded to the multinational consulting firm McKinsey. Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet held press conferences in Ottawa to announce their plan to scrutinize the matter. “We need to…
John Robson: We’ve Come to Not Just Accept, but Embrace Mediocrity in Canada
Commentary As I tweet a torrent of stories about the sorry state of Canadian governments, I do recall Ian MacLaren’s “The Cunning Speech of Drumtochty,” in which downpours only prompt the locals to say it “threatened tae be weet,” saving stronger language for Biblical deluges. So when the prime minister insists sententiously that “Canada is…
McKinsey Reaches Deal With US Local Governments Over Opioids
Leading consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has agreed to settle claims by hundreds of U.S. local governments and school districts around the country that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction through its work for bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and other drug companies. The deal was disclosed in a court filing Wednesday evening…
Quebec Tory Leader Calls for Inquiry Into Pandemic Management by Private Firm
September 30, 2022
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Quebec Conservative Party Leader Éric Duhaime on Friday called for an inquiry into the province’s outsourcing of many facets of the pandemic’s management to U.S. consulting firm McKinsey, including any potential conflicts of interest issues. “Should we understand that the [François] Legault government gave a consulting firm the duty to manage Quebec in 2020, with…
Hawley Proposal Targets Federal Consultants Who Also Work for China
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) thinks it is “long past time” that the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal agencies stop doing business with consulting firms like McKinsey that also have contracts with elements of the Chinese government. “The fact that these consultants are awarded huge contracts by our Defense Department and other federal agencies,…
FDA Not Issuing Contracts to McKinsey Amid Investigation Into Conflict of Interest in Opioid Consulting
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not be issuing new contracts to the consulting firm McKinsey and Co. amid an investigation into potential conflicts of interest, a top official has confirmed. The U.S. House Oversight Committee is currently investigating McKinsey over allegations that it was working for the U.S. government on issues relating to the opioid epidemic while at…
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