Discussion · Government Orders
Elizabeth May Green
“The government set its goal of 500,000 immigrants a year based on advice from a private consulting company. Parliament never debated or studied this. The government relies too much on outside consultants. I want to know what progress we have made in stopping the use of these consultants.”
“Mr. Speaker, I like it when I can agree with my friend from Calgary Nose Hill. It does not happen all the time, but I always like it when we agree. One of the things I found maddening was when I discovered that the target for immigration of half a million people a year adopted by the previous government was a recommendation that came out of the blue from McKinsey. We are hiring management consultants. We never had a debate in this place about it. Canadians might think that if a target was set of half a million people a year, we must have had a committee study and it must have been in Parliament. Does my friend from Calgary Nose Hill have any updates on how we are doing in getting rid of consultants?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, I like it when I can agree with my friend from Calgary Nose Hill. It does not happen all the time, but I always like it when we agree. One of the things I found maddening was when I discovered that the target for immigration of half a million people a year adopted by the previous government was a recommendation that came out of the blue from McKinsey. We are hiring management consultants. We never had a debate in this place about it. Canadians might think that if a target was set of half a million people a year, we must have had a committee study and it must have been in Parliament. Does my friend from Calgary Nose Hill have any updates on how we are doing in getting rid of consultants?