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Internal audits of McKinsey contracts raise fairness, transparency concerns
Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board shuffles her papers as she waits to appear at the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates in Ottawa, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The Treasury Board  says internal audits of contracts with McKinsey & Company show departments didn't' consistently follow some administrative requirements and procedures. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Auditor-General to launch review of federal government’s ArriveCan app
A person holds a smartphone set to the opening screen of the app in a photo illustration made in Toronto on June 29, 2022. Giordano Ciampini/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Auditor-General to probe federal government contracts with McKinsey
Auditor general of Canada Karen Hogan holds a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Canada's auditor general will review the contracts awarded by the federal government to McKinsey & Company. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s immigration target has nothing to do with McKinsey or its former head, Dominic Barton, says Immigration Minister
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser rises during Question Period, Thursday, February 9, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Evening Update: For Ukraine’s power workers, keeping the lights on is a life-and-death struggle under Russian fire
— EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 12:01 A.M. ET ON FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS —Firefighters extinguish a blaze after a Russian shell landed near a shopping mall in a suburb of Kherson, Ukraine, Feb. 3, 2023. Being the leader of Kherson may feel more like a curse than an honor, but one woman isn’t giving up, even though the Russians are sitting just across the river and shelling her city nearly every hour. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
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Federal Comptroller-General rebuked for advising ‘be careful what you write down’ in McKinsey contract review
The Peace Tower and Centre Block of Parliament Hill is framed through the window of the Indigenous Peoples Space in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Minister asks Procurement Ombudsman to conduct independent review of McKinsey outsourcing
Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek appears at a House of Commons standing committee on government operations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The committee is looking at contracts awarded to McKinsey & Co. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Politics Briefing: Ottawa withdrawing controversial amendments to gun legislation
The gun room of Ellwood Epps Sporting Goods in Orillia, Ontario. December 22, 2022. (Photo by Tannis Toohey for the Globe and Mail)
opinion
In sea of consulting contract problems, the Conservatives only dream of their whale
Campbell Clark
opinion
The rise of the Department of McKinsey
The Editorial Board
opinion
Not just McKinsey: How governments learned to stop worrying and love consultants
Cal Bricker
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Barton says he had nothing to do with increase in federal government contracts awarded to McKinsey
Former McKinsey & Company executive Dominic Barton prepares to testify at a committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Dominic Barton says he had nothing to do with federal contracts awarded to McKinsey
Dominic Barton waits to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in Ottawa. The committee is looking into consulting contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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MPs call on McKinsey to disclose clients to dispel concern about conflicts of interest
A researcher testifying before a federal committee on the rise in government contracts awarded to McKinsey and Company said the focus on McKinsey is a distraction. Amanda Clarke, an associate professor in public administration, told MPs that the committee's study should focus on the public service's reliance on consulting firms rather than on one specific firm. The Peace Tower is seen on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Morning Update: New federal long-term care standards won’t be mandatory
Residents at the Oakcrossing long term care home in London, Ont., on Mar 24, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
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Ottawa contracts comprise up to 10 per cent of McKinsey Canadian revenue
The Peace Tower and Centre Block of Parliament Hill is framed through the window of the Indigenous Peoples Space in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Dominic Barton to appear Wednesday before committee reviewing spike in federal outsourcing to McKinsey & Co.
Canada's Ambassador to China Dominic Barton makes his way to a committee room to appear before the House of Commons committee on Canada-China relations in Ottawa, Wednesday, February 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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MPs approve hearings into McKinsey contracts
The Peace Tower and Centre Block of Parliament Hill is framed through the window of the Indigenous Peoples Space in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Federal committee will probe government contracts with McKinsey
The Parliament Hill Peace Tower is framed in an iron fence on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Thursday, March 12, 2020. A 19-year-old Ottawa man has been arrested for allegedly posting numerous threatening tweets targeted at Parliament Hill, the Department of National Defence and two embassies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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McKinsey awarded more than $100-million in contracts since 2015, officials say in new update
The Peace tower is seen on Parliament Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 in Ottawa. The fall session of Parliament begins today and is scheduled to sit until December. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Trudeau asks ministers Jaczek, Fortier to review federal outsourcing contracts with McKinsey
This photograph taken on April 12, 2022, shows a sign of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Opposition parties planning investigation into spike in outsourcing contracts to McKinsey under Liberals
(FILES) This file photo taken in Toulouse, southern France on April 12, 2022, shows screens displaying the logo of US-based McKinney & Company management consulting firm. - Searches were carried out on December 13, 2022 at the Paris headquarters of the McKinsey consultancy and those of Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party and the Renaissance funding association, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office said on December 14, 2022, confirming a report in Le Parisien. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
The Trudeau government seems awfully cozy with McKinsey – and that demands scrutiny
Konrad Yakabuski
opinion
Going back to the office full-time comes at the cost of inclusion and diversity
Mary Ann Yule
world
Macron says 2017 campaign accounts checked and cleared as prosecutors widen McKinsey probe
(FILES) This file photograph taken on April 12, 2022, shows a sign of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm in Geneva. - The National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) opened two investigations in October 2022 for suspicions of "favoritism" and on the "conditions of intervention of consultancy cabinets" of the 2017 and 2022 electoral campaigns of France's President Emmanuel Macron, including the firm McKinsey. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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McKinsey still can’t shake Dominic Barton’s reign of error
Konrad Yakabuski
world
Criminal charges against McKinsey cast spotlight on its business during former Canadian ambassador Dominic Barton’s tenure
Canada's Ambassador to China Dominic Barton makes his way to a committee room to appear before the House of Commons committee on Canada-China relations in Ottawa, Wednesday, February 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Women in the sandwich generation are overworked, exhausted and missing out on career opportunities
Mature Asian woman spending quality time with her depressed elderly mother at home.
opinion
Employers should protect workers from moral injury
Linda Nazareth
u.s. business
Top McKinsey executive faces congressional questions on opioid, FDA consulting work
This photograph taken on April 12, 2022, shows a sign of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
French financial prosecutors to investigate U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over alleged tax fraud
FILE PHOTO: The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
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Census data fuels debate over housing supply and demand
Snow-covered houses and the downtown skyline are seen with the north shore mountains in the distance after 21 centimetres of snow fell overnight, in Vancouver, on Thursday, December 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
international business
Racketeering lawsuit against McKinsey revived by U.S. appeals court
FILE PHOTO: The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
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Opposition parties call on Auditor-General to investigate McKinsey outsourcing contracts
Auditor General Karen Hogan listens to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday May 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Morning Update: Ottawa turns to McKinsey to fix Phoenix pay system
A person makes a video call from their phone as they pass a pile of snow in front of Parliament Hill's Centre Block in Ottawa after a winter storm on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Ottawa turns to consulting firm McKinsey to fix Phoenix pay system, doubling spending on outsourcing
FILE PHOTO: The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau