Some departments ‘stopping the clock’ to prevent contract workers from becoming permanent public service staff
Treasury Board President Anita Anand says she’s currently reviewing spending plans from her cabinet colleagues. But NDP MP Rachel Blaney said it’s ‘really important’ to know who is issuing directives to ‘stop the clock.’
Conservative MPs bailed on France visit early, won’t say why
New Democrat Don Davies says the Tories wasted taxpayer dollars by crossing the Atlantic twice for a conference in which they did not fully participate.
Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark
Latest government data shows RCMP, Correctional Services Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, as well as Canada Revenue Agency paid the most overtime in 2023.
Federal procurement watchdog reports 30 per cent surge in complaints
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic’s report found that ArriveCan’s primary contractor GC Strategies was favoured as a vendor.
AG to publish ArriveCan report next month, House Public Accounts Committee hears
Deputy Auditor General Andrew Hayes told the House Public Accounts Committee that the report on the application will be released on Feb. 12, during a meeting that Liberal and NDP MPs criticized the timing of.
House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far
Only 11 of the 60 planned House committee trips that received a travel budget conducted their trips.
Federal spending dropped four per cent in 2022-23 as public debt charges continue climb
Finance Canada was the highest-spending department for the second year in a row at $117.8-billion, and ministerial office expenditures rose by $18.2-million in 2022-23.
‘The system is broken’: $30.7-billion in spending estimates not reviewed by House committees
The House Committee on Industry and Technology didn’t review $12.5-billion in spending estimates and hasn’t performed a review of main estimates since the last Parliament.
‘All out brawl’ expected in next election in 18 ridings with high populations of Chinese-Canadians, say political players
Pollster Darrell Bricker says the Conservatives will likely make China’s alleged meddling an election issue, while all parties and CSIS will be paying closer attention to social media in these key ridings.
IRCC’s reliance on McKinsey explains a ‘disconnect’ between money spent and value added, immigration lawyers say
With the House returning this week, the House Government Ops Committee will begin its probe of the $100-million in government contracts awarded to the private firm McKinsey & Company since 2015.
