Natural Resources Canada paid KPMG $669,650 for ‘options to ensure that Canadians’ tax dollars are being used efficiently’

The federal government hired KPMG consultants at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars for advice on how to save money on consultants, documents show.

New spending details tabled in Parliament show the department of Natural Resources, led by minister Jonathan Wilkinson, approved $669,650 for KPMG, a global professional services company, to provide managing consulting advice.

The department said this work involved developing “recommendations that could be considered as options to ensure that Canadians’ tax dollars are being used efficiently and being invested in the priorities that matter most to them.”

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    What’s frustrating is that, just like most places, they won’t listen to recommendations unless they pay for them, so you’ve got employees with experience telling them “XYZ needs improvements” and they’ll pay a consultant to ask the employees what needs improvements and the consultants then makes a report that will be shelved and never used.

    Welcome to any business ever.