Mr. Desmond Gray at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 7th, 2015. See this statement in context.

May 7th, 2015 / 11:20 a.m.

Director General, Acquisitions Branch, PWGSC, Canadian General Standards Board

I think that may be a slight part, but the majority of it was based on sound economics, to be honest with you.

When we did the ISO 9000 and 14000 standards, we evaluated the total cost of doing the work using public servants versus the cost, after we did the audit detail plan, of using privately located and privately contracted consultants. We looked at what the cost benefit to Canada would be. The cost was significantly reduced through the use of consultants.

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