
Contracting out and consulting equates to “You Get What You Pay For And Less”
Most contractors and consultants do slower work; cut corners, seldom finish on time, which inflates the cost of the original project.
In the contracting and consulting business cost overruns seems to be the norm.
In-house labour gives more efficient work force, better quality of work, more control and getting the project finished within the budget on time.
In-House labour will give better quality that will last as long as it is supposed to instead of breaking down before it's time.
We also cannot forget that contracting out and consulting projects usually end up in the inner circle of friends of the decision makers.
Look at the St Clair streetcar contracting out fiasco. http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/01/19/12534386.html
A Toronto mayoral candidate went down in defeat because of his handling of the electronic health records conversion by using consultants and contractors. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2009/10/07/ehealth-auditor.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/848352--ontario-s-local-health-networks-must-go-opposition-says
It is just better to hire workers to do the job right the first time instead of spending more money constantly fixing the mistake of contractors and consultants year after year.

Contracting out and consulting equates to “You Get What You Pay For And Less”
Most contractors and consultants do slower work; cut corners, seldom finish on time, which inflates the cost of the original project.
In the contracting and consulting business cost overruns seems to be the norm.
In-house labour gives more efficient work force, better quality of work, more control and getting the project finished within the budget on time.
In-House labour will give better quality that will last as long as it is supposed to instead of breaking down before it's time.
We also cannot forget that contracting out and consulting projects usually end up in the inner circle of friends of the decision makers.
Look at the St Clair streetcar contracting out fiasco. http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/01/19/12534386.html
A Toronto mayoral candidate went down in defeat because of his handling of the electronic health records conversion by using consultants and contractors. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2009/10/07/ehealth-auditor.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/848352--ontario-s-local-health-networks-must-go-opposition-says
It is just better to hire workers to do the job right the first time instead of spending more money constantly fixing the mistake of contractors and consultants year after year.
TaxSlave
Only when the Liberals give untendered contracts to party insiders. I have been a contractor or worked for other contractors most of my life and what you are claiming only happens with corrupt governments not in the real world.