In January, federal Procurement Ombudsman Alexander Jeglic released a report that found outsourcing companies listed subcontractors who did no work were repeatedly awarded contracts. He said the criteria used to solicit bids were, “overly restrictive and favoured the CBSA supplier.” In more than three-quarters of the bids, the contractors did no work.
Through an order paper question, Conservative MP Jeremy Patzer found out that five of eight Health Canada executives working on the ArriveCan project received bonuses totalling $342,929 for the two fiscal years, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
How can it be that the government actually rewarded those involved with this $54 million boondoggle? They should be facing disciplinary action, not walking away with tax-funded bonuses.
This is part of a litany of questionable spending and cronyism by Justin Trudeau’s government. Remember the $900 million WE Charity fiasco, where insiders with cosy ties to the Liberal government got a sole-sourced contract to run a youth employment program?
More recently, questions have come up about Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), an agency that provides government funds for green start-ups. In October of last year, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne suspended the fund after the release of a report by an external agency hired to probe whistleblowers’ allegations.
Federal Auditor-General Karen Hogan is expected to release her highly anticipated report on the controversial ArriveCan app next week. Parliamentarians walked out of the Commons government operations committee probing the ArriveCan deal this week, saying it was “too scary” to discuss in public...
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Their report raised concerns about SDTC’s awarding funding to agencies that “appeared to be ineligible,” and conflicts of interest in senior executives.
Enough’s enough. Our tax dollars aren’t a giant slush fund where preferred insiders line their pockets through dubious deals.
We see the allegations. We hear the outrage. But we never see the consequences.
It’s time for heads to roll. And, if the allegations warrant it, criminal charges should be laid.
This above video is a must see. Freeland. Wow…