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Has Canada Outsourced Its Government to Consultants?
Canada spends billions on consultants—but is that waste, or proof politicians lack the expertise to govern?
Mike and Paul debate whether Ottawa’s real crisis is outsourcing, accountability, or political competence.
In this episode, we break down:
- Why Canada relies so heavily on consultants for IT, procurement, cybersecurity, HR, and government transformation
- Whether elected officials are truly qualified to manage complex ministries and multi-billion-dollar systems
- How consulting contracts can weaken accountability, transparency, and institutional memory
- Why Paul argues consultants may be necessary—but only under stricter rules and performance-based contracts
- What Canada could learn from Norway’s long-term planning, centralized systems, and stronger public-sector oversight
- How runaway projects like payroll systems and ArriveCAN reflect deeper problems in Canadian governance
- Whether Canada needs more experts in government, or fewer outsourced decision-makers
- Hosts: Mike Wixson, Paul Micucci
⏱️ Timestamps:
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:31 Is Ottawa outsourcing decision-making?
- 03:27 The real cost of consultants in government
- 05:37 Do politicians lack the expertise to govern?
- 07:29 Should voters know which consultants politicians use?
- 10:03 Politician salaries, consultant pay, and accountability
- 12:42 The transparency problem behind consulting contracts
- 16:13 What happens when government memory erodes?
- 19:15 Global consulting firms and Canadian policy risks
- 22:41 What Norway gets right about outsourcing
- 25:49 Centralized systems vs Canada’s fragmented approach
- 28:21 Why Canada keeps choosing a broken model
- 31:05 Rebuilding institutional memory in government
- 34:22 Performance-based contracts and risk-sharing
- 37:24 Monitoring, compliance, and project discipline
- 39:49 Can Canada afford to keep outsourcing government?
- 41:39 What Canada should change now
- 42:59 Final thoughts
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