OGGO – 53.1 – IRCC Officials Who Met with Mckinsey – June 5, 2023

IRCC’s Response to a Request for Information made by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on February 15, 2023

Question

Ms. Jenny Kwan: Thank you.

My question is this. At any point in time, did McKinsey engage in discussions or meetings with officials where they might have actually discussed policy decisions or have done work that would have implications for policy decisions? To that end, could the minister provide a list of the officials who have actually met with McKinsey, and what topics they discussed?

Hon. Sean Fraser: I think my deputy minister, who's in the room, would be better positioned to discuss engagement at an officials level with McKinsey.

Ms. Jenny Kwan: Maybe the easiest thing is if there's such a list, we can actually receive that list of where McKinsey had engaged in discussions with officials, and for you to provide that list and what topic did they discuss. Could we receive that?

Response

Please find attached, in Annex A, a list of meetings that IRCC officials had with McKinsey and Company.

It should be noted that this list should not be considered exhaustive because a manual search was conducted. Some employees that met with McKinsey and Company may not be included as they have moved on to other Departments or have since retired from the Public Service.