Mr. Speaker, if the Liberals were truly intent on getting the best value for taxpayers' money, the recent CRA audit would not have a heading of “The value of the telephony service contract has reached $190 million from its minimum work guarantee of $50 million”. That is the heading because IBM was provided an original contract with a value of $50 million over 10 years, and now it is projected that the overall contract value will rise to $214 million through 2027, which is a quadrupling while service standards are dropping.
As a matter of fact, the Auditor General says that when it comes to the IBM contract, “Shared Services Canada...should strengthen its contract management and conduct a full review of the...contract and its life cycle to identify lessons learned.” There are constantly lessons being learned by the Auditor General. The issue is the Liberals' inability to follow up and deliver that change. When are they going to not just talk a good game but actually follow through?