Thank you very much.
I believe that the text has been or is being circulated. I'll read out the full language of the text. It is that given the fact that:
GC Strategies, a two‐person company that does not perform any actual work but exclusively subcontracts contracts they acquire, has received $59 million in taxpayer dollars from 2017 to present; and
decades of unchecked spending on outsourcing—which accelerated in 2006—has cost Canadians tens of billions of dollars while creating a shadow public service that works alongside the real public service—but without the same hiring practices or transparency requirements; and,
despite government promises to reduce outside contract spending, the recently released supplementary estimates (C) show an increase in contract and services spending of $1.2 billion
That the committee initiate a two-meeting investigation concerning the value for money the Government has obtained through contracting GC Strategies – and through the practice of contracting and sub‐contracting since 2006 ‐ and that the committee report its findings and recommendations to the House.
To facilitate its investigation, pursuant to Standing Order 108(1), the committee order the production of all contracts with the Government of Canada from 2006 to 2022 in an unredacted format.
The witness list include the following:
1. All GC Strategies employees (Kristian Firth and Darren Anthony)
2. And any other witnesses that the committee deems fit to call.
As many of you know, I am here to replace my colleague, MP Blake Desjarlais, who is very keen to expand on this and further discuss it. Obviously we share members' outrage that this waste of Canadians' money is happening and this disrespect of the public services is occurring.
I do, however, want to make sure that my colleague Blake Desjarlais has the chance to speak to this more fully when he is back, so I therefore move to adjourn debate.