Federal managers spent nearly $700,000 on consultants to receive advice on reducing costs related to hiring consultants.“This is about smarter, not smaller government,” said Treasury Board President Anita Anand.According to Blacklock’s Reporter, consultants were hired as part of a cabinet commitment to identify $15 billion in federal cost savings. As revealed in an Inquiry of Ministry presented in the House of Commons, Cabinet members disclosed that KPMG received $669,650 for providing advice.The department of Natural Resources hired KPMG “to develop recommendations that could be considered as options to ensure Canadians’ tax dollars are being used efficiently and being invested in the priorities that matter most to them,” said the Inquiry.The disclosure was made at the request of New Democrat MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, BC), who asked “With regard to the President of the Treasury Board’s directive to find specific cuts within the departments, were any third-party management firms contracted to assist with identifying spending cuts?”President Anand wrote in the Inquiry “This is not about doing more with less or arbitrary cost-cutting. This is about ensuring public servants and public funds are focused on the priorities that matter most.”“The government is committed to responsibly managing Canadians’ tax dollars by ensuring operations and programs are effective, efficient and directed towards priorities,” wrote Anand. “Savings from under-utilized government spending will be shifted to priorities like healthcare and the clean economy. This is about smarter, not smaller, government.”Cabinet's March 28 budget A Made in Canada Plan said it would “reduce spending on consulting.” It did not elaborate.“The exercise is extremely important,” Anand told reporters on August 22. “Spending reviews have been part of previous governments, but what we are asking departments across the government to do is to take a look at your expenditures and determine where there is a possibility to refocus that spending.”Witnesses earlier told a January 30 hearing of the Commons Government Operations committee that spending on consultants was uncontrolled. “It’s hard to tell from the publicly available data what a given contract was for,” testified Sean Boots, senior policy advisor with the Treasury Board. “That’s especially true for management consulting firms that provide a very wide range of services to government departments.”“It’s hard to tell what work was involved, let alone how successfully the contract turned out or not,” said Boots. The Treasury Board knew of numerous cases where consultants were hired to check the work of other consultants, he added.“Especially for large IT projects, one management consulting firm might be hired to oversee the work of another management consulting firm,” said Boots.“That can lead to a set of dynamics where each firm is not necessarily motivated to hold the other to account given their positions will likely be reversed on other future projects.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Federal managers spent nearly $700,000 on consultants to receive advice on reducing costs related to hiring consultants.“This is about smarter, not smaller government,” said Treasury Board President Anita Anand.According to Blacklock’s Reporter, consultants were hired as part of a cabinet commitment to identify $15 billion in federal cost savings. As revealed in an Inquiry of Ministry presented in the House of Commons, Cabinet members disclosed that KPMG received $669,650 for providing advice.The department of Natural Resources hired KPMG “to develop recommendations that could be considered as options to ensure Canadians’ tax dollars are being used efficiently and being invested in the priorities that matter most to them,” said the Inquiry.The disclosure was made at the request of New Democrat MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, BC), who asked “With regard to the President of the Treasury Board’s directive to find specific cuts within the departments, were any third-party management firms contracted to assist with identifying spending cuts?”President Anand wrote in the Inquiry “This is not about doing more with less or arbitrary cost-cutting. This is about ensuring public servants and public funds are focused on the priorities that matter most.”“The government is committed to responsibly managing Canadians’ tax dollars by ensuring operations and programs are effective, efficient and directed towards priorities,” wrote Anand. “Savings from under-utilized government spending will be shifted to priorities like healthcare and the clean economy. This is about smarter, not smaller, government.”Cabinet's March 28 budget A Made in Canada Plan said it would “reduce spending on consulting.” It did not elaborate.“The exercise is extremely important,” Anand told reporters on August 22. “Spending reviews have been part of previous governments, but what we are asking departments across the government to do is to take a look at your expenditures and determine where there is a possibility to refocus that spending.”Witnesses earlier told a January 30 hearing of the Commons Government Operations committee that spending on consultants was uncontrolled. “It’s hard to tell from the publicly available data what a given contract was for,” testified Sean Boots, senior policy advisor with the Treasury Board. “That’s especially true for management consulting firms that provide a very wide range of services to government departments.”“It’s hard to tell what work was involved, let alone how successfully the contract turned out or not,” said Boots. The Treasury Board knew of numerous cases where consultants were hired to check the work of other consultants, he added.“Especially for large IT projects, one management consulting firm might be hired to oversee the work of another management consulting firm,” said Boots.“That can lead to a set of dynamics where each firm is not necessarily motivated to hold the other to account given their positions will likely be reversed on other future projects.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
