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McKinsey and Company is a 'global management and consulting' firm that sure seems to have been doing a lot of 'work' for the government of Canada recently, as reported by Bill Curry of the Globe and (no longer Empire) Mail:
But, never mind the optics of all these contracts because, regardless, it's all great stuff, all the time, right?
Better than anything Pepsi, or Coke, and/or the folks who actually work for the government have to offer, correct?
Well...
Perhaps not, at least not always, as noted by Romain Schue and Thomas Gerbert in a recent Radio Canada report:
McKinsey and Company is a 'global management and consulting' firm that sure seems to have been doing a lot of 'work' for the government of Canada recently, as reported by Bill Curry of the Globe and (no longer Empire) Mail:
Ottawa has awarded 23 contracts to McKinsey & Company since 2015 with a total value of $101.4-million, federal officials say – a figure that is significantly higher than what has previously been revealed.
Public Services and Procurement Canada has released a statement with a new summary of federal spending with the New York-based consulting firm, just ahead of a House of Commons committee meeting Wednesday in which MPs will debate plans to hold hearings into government contracts with the company.
According to a department spokesperson, three of the contracts were awarded through open solicitations, with a total value of $55.8-million, meaning “more than half of the total value of these contracts was awarded through competitive processes.” The other 20 contracts are described by the department as sole-sourced...
But, never mind the optics of all these contracts because, regardless, it's all great stuff, all the time, right?
Better than anything Pepsi, or Coke, and/or the folks who actually work for the government have to offer, correct?
Well...
Perhaps not, at least not always, as noted by Romain Schue and Thomas Gerbert in a recent Radio Canada report:
Radio-Canada's analysis shows that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has turned to McKinsey the most since 2015, with $24.5 million in contracts for management advice...
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...McKinsey's influence over Canadian immigration policy has grown in recent years without the public's knowledge, according to two sources within IRCC. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Both held major roles within the department during the height of the consulting firm's influence and spoke to Radio-Canada separately.
"It was completely opaque. We asked to collaborate, to share our ideas, but it didn't work," said one source with an important position within IRCC.
"McKinsey was an idea from the government. The policy was decided for civil servants. It causes a lot of operational instability," said the second source.
"These people, these firms forget the public interest, they're not interested in it. They're not accountable."...
Imagine that!
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And, by the way, when Radio Canada contacted McKinsey they, who will gladly take public money to work on issues of public import, refused to comment publicly...Now that's accountability in action!
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And, by the way, when Radio Canada contacted McKinsey they, who will gladly take public money to work on issues of public import, refused to comment publicly...Now that's accountability in action!
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2 comments:
Nice to see the media waking up to the threat to democracy of using consultants, particularly foreign consultants, in making government policy. McKinsey's under investigation in South Africa and France for corruption. US documents show that McKinsey lied when they claimed they weren't advising the American government on immigration policy. It's time to treat similar claims in Canada with extreme skepticism and hold an inquiry into the government's use of McKinsey's services. Avoiding accountability is only one of the reasons for using consultants like these, kickbacks or campaign support like Macron received are others.
Thanks Cap--
Have been doing a little reading into the 'consulting' this particular super-fine firm did for the Trump admin's immigration 'initiatives'...Post to come.
And then there is your bigger point of avoiding accountability which is something we are going to have to deal, writ large, in pretty much everything gov't does or, increasingly, does not do.
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