MPs to probe Global Affairs contracts after internal audit finds one-quarter broke the rules

The department signed more than 8,000 consulting service contracts totaling $567-million in the last five fiscal years to support the delivery of its programs, the records show.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly might be invited by the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to testify on the findings of an internal audit on government contracting.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

May 7, 2024

Deputy ministers at Global Affairs Canada are being called to testify before a parliamentary committee following an internal audit that revealed 26 per cent of the department's contracts did not comply with the Financial Administration Act.

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