Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Privy Council Office

Year: 2024

Month: October

Request Number: A-2023-00284

Request Summary: Documents from January 1, 2023 to July 14, 2023, respecting House of Commons committee consideration of contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company, including (1) the scheduling and appearance of witnesses before parliamentary committees, including preparations for, and debriefings on, those appearances; (2) the work of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, including (a) the motion adopted on January 18, 2023, concerning a study on the subject matter, the invitation of witnesses, the production of documents and a recommendation for the Auditor General to conduct and audit of these contracts; (b) the motion adopted on January 30, 2023, concerning the production of documents, (c) the scheduling and appearances of witnesses before the Government Operations Committee, including preparations for those appearances, (d) its Fifth Report, tabled in the House on January 31, 2023, recommending the Auditor General conduct an audit of contracts with McKinsey & Company, (e) the motions considered on February 1, 6, 8 and 13, 2023, concerning an expansion of the study to include contracts with Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, KPMG, and Ernst & Young, (f) the motion adopted on February 6, 2023, and adopted on February 7, 2023, to concur in the Committee's Fifth Report, (h) the motion adopted on February 8, 2023, concerning the production of documents, (i) the motion adopted on February 13, 2023, concerning the production of documents, (j) the motion adopted on February 13, 2023, concerning the reference to the Information Commissioner of certain matters related to teh Comptroller General, (k) the motions adopted on February 15, 2023, concerning the prodcution of documents, (l) the motions adopted on March 6, 2023, concerning the production, review, retention and destruction of documents, (m) the motion adopted on March 22, 2023, concerning the prepearation of a report about the status of the doucments ordered to be produced, (n) the March 29, 2023, consideration of a report about the status of the documents ordered to be produced, and the amendments made to the report, (o) the motions considered on March 29 and April 17, 2023, concerning the departments' compliance with the Committee's document production orders and a report to the House, (p) the motion adopted on April 17, 2023, concerning the costs associated with compliance with the Committee's January 18, 2023, document production order, (q) the motion adopted on April 17, 2023, concerning undertakings given by witnesses at the Committee and inviting appropriate accounting officers to appear when undertakings are not completed, (r) the motion adopted on April 24, 2023, inviting various deputy heads to appear before the Committee in relation to documents produced to the Committee, (s) the motion adopted on May 8, 2023, giving the Auditor General access to the documents possessed by the Committee, (t) the motion adopted on May 31, 2023, excusing the Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development from appearing, and (u) the motion considered on June 21, 2023, concerning a report to the house about the documents ordered to be produced; (3) the work of the Stadning Committee on Public Accounts, including (a) motion adopted on January 30, 2023, concerning a recommendation for the Auditor General to conduct an audit of these contracts, (b) its 24th Report, tabled in the House on February 2, 2023, recommending the Auditor General conduct an audit of contracts with McKinsey & Company (4) the work of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, including the motion considered on January 30, 2023, concering the production of documents.

Disposition: Disclosed in part

Number of pages: 867

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