We're good to go.
I know work on this has already been started. There's a similar study at the government operations committee, but I believe we also need to find out exactly what McKinsey consultants have been doing on the defence file and how many millions of dollars have been spent on procuring their services, often through single-source contracts.
This is an organization that has been charged with corruption in South Africa and that has been tied to the opioid crisis. There has been scathing report after scathing report. Of course, Mr. Barton, as our former ambassador to China, is a close personal friend of the Prime Minister, and because of these connections, McKinsey now has an open-ended contract that was signed in 2019 and goes right until 2100. We're talking about an 81-year open contract that could really impact not just taxpayers but the operations of the Government of Canada.
I think it is important that we get as much documentation as possible. This isn't about opening up a study at this point in time. This is about looking at the documents as to what contracts have been given, how this could possibly impact national security, what they've been doing on national defence and how those dollars could possibly be better spent on supporting the Canadian Armed Forces.
In the interest of time, I'll leave my comments at that.