The motion is as follows:
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;
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, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee initiate a two-meeting investigation after the Auditor General Report is tabled, 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.
That the committee request that the Government provide the Public Accounts Committee all contracts between a government department, agency or Crown Corporations and GC Strategies, Dalian, and Coradix starting January 1 2012; and that the documents be submitted to the clerk of the committee in both official languages;
That the committee request that the Government Operation and Estimates Committee (OGGO) provide any overlapping documents already provided to OGGO
And that, the witness list for the study 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.