Michael Barrett at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 6th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 6th, 2023 / 4:25 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON

Thanks, Chair.

Minister, were you aware of the ethical record of McKinsey? Have you become aware, since taking on this role as minister, that they held a corporate retreat adjacent to a concentration camp?

Our parliament recognized that there is a genocide happening there. They held a retreat next to one of the concentration camps. This same company is embroiled in a corruption scandal in South Africa and in an election interference scandal in France. This same company paid out $600 million U.S.—almost $800 million Canadian—as bonuses to pharmacists, when there were opioid deaths when they overprescribed drugs like OxyContin.

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