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.
PSPC deputy minister challenges the procurement watchdog’s ‘favouritism’ findings in McKinsey contracts
‘I do not accept the findings … I do not accept that there is favouritism for McKinsey in the current system, based on our assessment as a common service provider,’ Arianne Reza told the House Government Operations Committee on May 1.
Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCan scandal, say experts
As the government grapples with the repercussions of the ArriveCan debacle, industry experts say over-scrutiny in the process will likely slow down business.
‘Under-the-surface favouritism’: Procurement watchdog finds no evidence of political meddling in McKinsey contracts
‘If we were to see something that would give rise to a suspicion of criminality, we would refer that to the RCMP,’ says Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic. ‘We have not referenced anything to the RCMP.’
