Can public procurement change the world?

The Canadian public procurement system currently remains overly dominated by low-price awards, and efforts to integrate sustainability criteria into public procurement in Canada have been largely superficial to date.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi is pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 27. The federal government has a key role to play in creating alignment across all levels of government to include non-financial criteria and define value for taxpayer-funded contracts, but voluntary standards are unlikely to have much impact, writes Leor Rotchild.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LEOR ROTCHILD

December 15, 2021

Canada’s federal government recently took decisive action against modern slavery in China. Last month, the Canada Border Services Agency seized two large shipments of clothing linked to forced labour in China and blocked them from entering the country. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)...

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