‘We can no longer sustain Band-Aid solutions’: watchdog calls for urgent changes to federal procurement

The system is 'marked by silos of responsibility and accountability,' and needs a convening figure, says Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic in a new report.

Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic tells reporters that there needs to be a major overhaul of Canada's $37-billion procurement system to fix persistent issues on July 8.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

July 8, 2025

Canada’s problem-ridden procurement system is “in need of fundamental change,” with the most urgent fix being the creation of a chief procurement officer to address decades-long dysfunction, says a federal watchdog.

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