The government will review $66 million worth of contracts it awarded to management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
Speaking during a news conference in Mexico City at the North American Leaders' Summit , Trudeau said he's asked Public Service and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek and President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier to examine the contracts.
"I asked Minister Jaczek and Minister Fortier to do a follow-up and look closely at the numbers, and look at the circumstances that we heard about in the news," Trudeau said in French.Treasury Board president open to House committee study of McKinsey contracts"We'll look at how these [McKinsey] contracts have been done and we'll look at the recommendations," Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said on Power & Politics Wednesday.
Trudeau said the contracts were part of government efforts to modernize and improve public service delivery. He said the government is open to making changes if necessary. "We will do a follow-up to make sure that it was done in the right way, and see if we need to modify or change the rules," Trudeau said.that the value of federal government contracts with McKinsey has increased 30-fold since the Trudeau Liberals took office — increasing from $2.2 million under Prime Minister Stephen Harper to $66 million under Trudeau. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada alone accounted for $24.5 million of the contracts.
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