Canada has become a land of all the shady and corrupt dealings which is now becoming the death of daily Canadian businesses. We all are aware of the Trudeau government’s McKinsey affair. Despite the scrutiny of the firm’s global track record, McKinsey & Company is blessed with the Canadian liberal’s never-ending love. But, what about the other businesses? Under the federals they are striving to just survive.
The federal liberals have their rules and regulations. Under their strict canons it is becoming hard for Canadian businesses to survive, they are getting barred from federal contracts. But the US based consulting firm McKinsey is endowed with the caskets of the liberal government of Canada.
Despite criticism of the consulting firm’s international track record, the deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada claims that the federal government’s ethics regulations do not bar McKinsey & Company from conducting business with the federal government.
On 6th Feb, Paul Thompson responded to inquiries from a House of Commons committee regarding the company’s government contracts.
He claimed that a Canadian business would not be eligible for federal contracts if one of its affiliates had been found guilty of a crime, but McKinsey is exempt from this rule.
The business has come under fire for its operations all over the world, particularly for allegedly contributing to the opioid crisis in the United States. It is also accused of working with authoritarian regimes and one such regime is the federal government of Canada.
Another major allegation shaped around the Mckinsey & Company and Canadian government’s ties. Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assumed office, the consulting firm McKinsey & Company has seen an increase in the amount of money it earns from federal contracts to the point where some believe it may have a significant influence on Canada’s immigration policies. McKinsey received $2.2 million in federal contracts during the Harper administration. The company has received $66 million in federal contracts during Trudeau’s seven years in office. This sharp rise in the federal funding to the company raises many questions. The allegations on the relations of Justin Trudeau and McKinsey’s former managing director is one of them. Dominic Barton, Canada’s former ambassador to China, was grilled by a House of Commons committee over his involvement in federal government contracts awarded to the company since 2015. On the other hand Barton has recently stated that, “I am not a friend’ of Trudeau.”
At a news conference Monday, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis suggested that the federal government shouldn’t be contracting with McKinsey. He stated, “We cannot work with a company that’s behaving in the way McKinsey has.”
According to the analysis conducted by Radio-Canada, the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has contracted McKinsey for management advice the most frequently ever since 2015, with contracts totalling $24.5 million.
Additionally, McKinsey & Company holds potential influence over Canada’s immigration targets which is even criticised by IRCC sources. In recent years, McKinsey has advised numerous national governments on their COVID-19 pandemic response, including those in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Mexico. McKinsey was also hired by the governments of Quebec and Ontario to help them plan for economic recovery and respond to the pandemic.
According to a French Senate investigation McKinsey undermined national sovereignty and made the state dependent on them. In addition, McKinsey & Company has been the subject of an investigation in France regarding its involvement in the campaigns for President Emmanuel Macron’s elections in 2017 and 2022.
Infiltration by the world economic forum and McKinsey & Company indicts suspicion over their role in the Canadian government. Not only does it harm the sovereignty of Canada but also shapes the government’s mindset to form policies that are insignificant for the citizens. It may be essential to receive certain funds and consultancy but not to an extent where the whole country can be sold and intentionally made fragile to exterior influence.
The company had ties with China in the past and was even involved in a number of scandals owing to which it has come under scrutiny. The conservatives ask for an investigation by the auditor general into the government’s use of the consulting company McKinsey for outside guidance. They have also questioned the efficacy of their efforts. The business’s previous associations with Dominic Barton, ambassador to China for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have also generated controversy.
Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis said McKinsey has been involved in “so many scandals around the world.” He pointed to its past work with Purdue Pharma, a company that aggressively sold opioids. McKinsey & Company also had links to authoritarian regimes like China and Saudi Arabia.
But, it’s just the Liberal government who is blind. They might crack down on the other Canadian business firms if they are found guilty but barring a business as corrupt as McKinsey & Company is like a trip to the sun for the liberals.
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