MPs pass motion demanding disclosure of green fund records after damning AG report
A Conservative motion asks the government and the Auditor General’s office to hand over all records relating to Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
RCMP commissioner to testify at parliamentary committee looking into ArriveCan
A May 21 House Public Accounts Committee motion ‘firmly’ urged RCMP officials to appear after they declined invitations, citing concerns about jeopardizing the ongoing investigation.
Audit finds feds’ McKinsey contracts showed ‘frequent disregard’ for the rules
The audit examined $200-million the government spent on McKinsey and Company contracts between 2011 and 2023. It found ‘contracting practices often did not demonstrate value for money.’
Black-owned businesses need more funding to compete for federal contracts, says founder of new training program
The biggest barrier hindering lack businesses from participating in federal procurement is the lack of knowledge among Black suppliers about what the government buys, says Jackee Kasandy, founder of a new certification program that aims to fix that gap.
‘We want to know what they’re doing’: MPs call on RCMP to testify on ArriveCan investigation at committee
‘We want to know where they are at, and what they’re doing, what the scope of their investigation is,’ says Bloc Québécois MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné.
ArriveCan: MPs summon key public servant for a third time to testify before House Government Operations and Estimates Committee
‘He is a piece of the puzzle … Mr. Doan must be held accountable,’ said Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie in support of the motion to have Minh Doan return to the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee.
No support for Conservative push to release safer supply program contracts, feds say the deals are under provincial control
Calling the committee motion a ‘disruption’ attempt, NDP MP Gord Johns says the Conservatives know ‘full well that this motion, the way they presented it, will get defeated.’
‘Unfortunate errors’ in Global Affairs contracts were ‘administrative oversight,’ MPs hear
‘There’s nothing in here that signals any kind of wrongdoing, misuse of funds … nothing to actually indicate that we weren’t able to provide value for money for Canadians,’ says Shirley Carruthers, assistant deputy minister and chief financial officer at Global Affairs.
Feds ‘slow’ to act on green procurement, says environment watchdog
Departments ‘did not use their public infrastructure procurement and financing capacity effectively to prioritize the use of construction materials with a lower carbon footprint,’ reads the audit report.
MPs to probe Global Affairs contracts after internal audit finds one-quarter broke the rules
The department signed more than 8,000 consulting service contracts totaling $567-million in the last five fiscal years to support the delivery of its programs, the records show.
