By Canadian Press

NDP seeks to probe federal contracts with other consulting firms — not just McKinsey

Feb 1, 2023 | 9:22 AM

OTTAWA — The NDP is calling on the a House of Commons committee to expand its study of federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company and include other consulting firms that have received large contracts.

New Democrat MP Gord Johns is bringing forward a motion to expand the scope of the study to include other firms including Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, KPMG, and Ernst & Young.

McKinsey has received attention in recent weeks after media reports highlighted the rapid growth of the company’s work for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government.

The government operations committee will hold its next meeting on the McKinsey contracts later today and will hear from Dominic Barton, the firm’s former global managing director.

The Liberal government’s relationship with Barton has come under scrutiny amid questions about the extent of the firm’s influence on public policy.

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Barton was the chair of an advisory council on economic growth for former finance minister Bill Morneau and later served as Canada’s ambassador to China. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 1, 2023. 

The Canadian Press