Immigration minister defends department’s multi-million-dollar contracts with McKinsey, but lawyers describe resulting product as ‘crappy’

The prime minister announced a review of contracts which will be completed in June, and the Conservatives want the auditor general to investigate, as well.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser testified at the House Operations and Estimates Committee on Feb. 15 about his department's contracts with McKinsey and Company, even though he was appointed minister just a few months before McKinsey concluded its contract with IRCC.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 20, 2023

While MPs at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee grilled Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on Feb. 15 about whether consulting firm McKinsey & Company influenced his policy decisions, a group of immigration lawyers say the real problem is the quality o...

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