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MPs agree to parliamentary probe of McKinsey contracts, calling on Dominic Barton and seven ministers to appear

On Jan. 18, the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee passed a motion to study government contracts awarded to external firm McKinsey and Company, and agreed to call Dominic Barton and seven ministers to testify.

The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee plans to call Dominic Barton to appear as a witness, as it undertakes a study on the Liberal government's relationship with McKinsey and Company—for which Barton was global managing director between 2009 and 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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