Martha Hall Findlay at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On June 18th, 2009. See this statement in context.

June 18th, 2009 / 12:40 p.m.

Liberal

Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON

So it does beg the question a little bit, if 40% of the civil service is here but 90% of the use of these firms...and that's 90% of a fairly large number.

Is there something particular about the Ottawa workforce or the Ottawa demand that would make it so disproportionate? I mean, if that's happening in the Ottawa area, how's the rest of the country functioning so well without the use of these private firms?

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