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opposition wants to take a look at outsourcing spike to Mckinsey and company consulting firm

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The three main opposition parties in Parliament are planning to co-operate on an investigation into the spike in federal outsourcing contracts with the McKinsey and Company consulting firm since the Liberals formed government.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet both held news conferences on Parliament Hill Tuesday to announce that they, along with the NDP, will be supporting motions at the government operations committee to compel the production of government contracts and other documents in an effort to find out what taxpayers have received in exchange for the multi-million dollar contracts.

he Globe and Mail first reported in January 2022 that the value of outsourcing contracts to McKinsey has climbed steadily under the Liberals after federal outsourcing with the company had declined to zero in the final two fiscal years of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.Under the Liberals, the company received $33.6-million over the five fiscal years than ended March 31, 2021. When new data was released in November, the Globe reported that the figures revealed a dramatic continuation of the trend.
During the 2021-22 fiscal year alone, McKinsey received $32.5-million, bringing the six year total to $66.1-million.

Committee members from all parties unanimously endorsed an Oct. 17 motion ordering federal departments to hand over, “in an unredacted format,” a wide range of documents related to the ArriveCan app. However, after months of delay, committee members recently learned that the Canada Broder Services Agency will not be releasing all of the requested information. Many of the documents provided to MPs by the CBSA included redactions of key information, such as pay rates for contractors and the purpose of contracts.
The committee chair has described the CBSA’s redactions as unacceptable and said MPs will be preparing follow-up requests.

Officials with McKinsey did not immediately respond to a request for comment in response to the concerns raised by opposition MPs.
The increase in federal spending with McKinsey overlapped with a period in which the government maintained close ties with Dominic Barton, who was until 2018 the firm’s head.
McKinsey is headquartered in New York City and is among the world’s largest consulting firms. Mr. Barton was an early adviser to the Trudeau government and chaired former finance minister Bill Morneau’s advisory council on economic growth while still leading the firm.
In Sept. 2019, after having left McKinsey, Mr. Barton was appointed as Canada’s ambassador to China. His foreign posting ended in December 2021.