44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2023 02:00PM
- Feb/1/23 2:22:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years in office, how much money has the Government of Canada given to McKinsey in contracts?
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- Feb/1/23 2:24:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he says that the public servants recruited McKinsey and its managing director, Dominic Barton. That is not what he said before, and I quote, “I met the leaders of major corporations from around the world, and one thing they all had in common? They all knew Dominic. I came to appreciate, maybe even envy, Dominic's contact list, so we recruited him.” That is far from having public servants do it. In fact, public servants say they have no idea what McKinsey actually did for all this money.
Given that he recruited this company, how much did he pay it?
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- Feb/1/23 2:25:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over our time in office, I have been touched by seeing how many Canadians of extraordinary backgrounds have put their hands up and offered to serve their country, to contribute to Canadian success and contribute to government. Dominic Barton has certainly served his country in many ways, including by being an outstanding ambassador to China.
In regard to contracts assigned to McKinsey by the public service, as I said, we are following up on how those contracts were chosen, allocated and fulfilled.
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- Feb/1/23 2:26:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he always blames everybody else for his actions. After eight years in government, he never takes responsibility, so now he is blaming the public servants for paying over $120 million to his friends at McKinsey.
Here is what the public servants told the media, “We had a few presentations on very generic, completely vapid stuff. They arrived with nice colours, nice presentations and said they would revolutionize everything. In the end, we don't have any idea what they did.” What they did is get over $120 million. We still do not know exactly how much.
What was the total?
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- Feb/1/23 2:34:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that the insiders at McKinsey got rich, and we know that Canadians got 40-year highs of inflation. However, after eight years of the Prime Minister and $15 billion for consultants, what did Canadians get? They got record food bank visits, he doubled their rent and he doubled their mortgage payments. The Prime Minister says that things have never been better, and for him and his friends, that is true. However, over here in the real world, Canadians are struggling.
Will the Prime Minister show some humility, admit there is a problem and start working for ordinary Canadians?
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- Feb/1/23 2:35:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know that the Prime Minister does not want to talk about his friends at McKinsey. The only person in Canada who thinks things are good is the Prime Minister. After eight long years and the billions that he is bragging about, he has given Canadians long lineups at airports, long immigration backlogs with numbers into the millions and long wait times for passports. SNC-Lavalin, WE Charity, McKinsey and the list goes on and on. At every point, he is working for well-connected insiders and leaving the middle class behind.
Will he finally take responsibility for that?
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- Feb/1/23 2:36:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what do we know about the McKinsey case?
We know that the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and Dominic Barton are very close friends. We know that their friendship is also one of the reasons Mr. Barton has been able to secure over $117 million in federal government contracts for McKinsey over the past eight years. We know that all of the contracts given to McKinsey were for work that our public servants could have done in-house, and now we know that the Prime Minister does not trust our public servants.
Why?
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- Feb/1/23 2:38:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is trying to change the subject, but the question is clear. The government has lost confidence in its public servants. Moreover, the Prime Minister appointed Isabelle Hudon as the president of the Business Development Bank of Canada. The first thing Ms. Hudon did was award a $4.9‑million contract to McKinsey to do work that BDC's team could have done. Her employees were so frustrated that they went to the media with their concerns.
Why does the Prime Minister let people like Ms. Hudon or anyone else award contracts to McKinsey when the work could be done by public servants?
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- Feb/1/23 2:40:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, McKinsey's involvement in the opioid crisis is not a conspiracy theory. It is in The New York Times. The Prime Minister should read the stories about how, under Dominic Barton, McKinsey incredibly advised Purdue Pharma on a scheme to pay pharmacists for overdoses.
I asked a specification question of the Prime Minister about his conversations with Dominic Barton, and I think families deserve an answer. Did the Prime Minister ever ask Dominic Barton about his work with Purdue Pharma, yes or no?
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- Feb/1/23 2:47:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is the middle class that is left paying the bill.
He has doubled our national debt by adding more debt than all other prime ministers combined, causing the inflation rate to spike to the highest levels in 40 years. The more he spends, the more Canadians pay. It is “justinflation”, and Canadians are paying the bill.
What do we get? We get more people visiting food banks, more people living in poverty, and more money for his friends at McKinsey.
How much did McKinsey get?
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- Feb/1/23 3:12:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, instead of spending $100 million to help Canadians, the Prime Minister spent $100 million to give contracts to his friends at McKinsey. This is millions of dollars given to a firm that advised American hospitals how to maximize profits by billing sick patients. This is the firm that advised Purdue Pharma how to sell more opioids.
Why is the Prime Minister spending millions of dollars on his friends rather than spending it on helping Canadians through this difficult time?
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