Etiket: consultants
Ottawa has detected new potential cases of fraud among its consultants
Three federal government consultants who allegedly “fraudulently” invoiced sums of money to numerous ministries and departments are currently under investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The amounts billed…
Montreal Transport Company | A union denounces the omnipresence of consultants
A major professional union is calling on the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) to reduce the number of hundreds of consultants who work in its offices every day before…
ArriveCAN, public administration captured by private consultants?
In political science, the term “state capture” describes situations where private interests monopolize public administration decision-making processes to hijack them for their own benefits. Many analysts believe that this phenomenon…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Investigation – Asylum seekers duped by immigration consultants
In Montreal, the immigrant population is abundant, particularly in the Parc-Extension sector, where approximately 60% of the population is a visible minority. And who says immigration says complex process, which…
[Enquête] Ravages of dishonest immigration consultants in Parc-Extension
In Montreal’s Parc-Extension neighborhood, where about 60% of the population is visible minority, many immigrants fall prey to ill-intentioned immigration professionals or people claiming to have the skills to help…
Federal Budget 2023 | Ottawa will deprive itself of consultants
In response to critics who accuse it of spending lavishly Canadians’ money, the federal government announces its intention to tighten its belt and save $12.8 billion over the next five…
[Opinion] Office of the VG and McKinsey, consultants investigating consultants?
By asking the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to investigate government contracts awarded to the firm McKinsey, the House of Commons has given the guardian of the public accounts…
The use of consultants is the result of underfunding in the civil service, believes an expert
Ottawa’s frequent use of consulting firms such as McKinsey is “inevitable” given the underfunding in the retention of specialists within the federal public service, believes an expert heard in a…
Mouse Gesture Software | Hydro-Québec shows the door to consultants
Hydro-Quebec has thanked half a dozen consultants who had downloaded software to simulate the movement of their mouse while teleworking, learned The Press. The Crown corporation is continuing its investigation…
$1000/h for consultants in the RENIR mess
Unable to accelerate the implementation of its emergency communication network, Quebec must resign itself to paying consultants $1000/h and allow the SQ to spend millions more to keep the old…