OGGO – 53.2 – McKinsey Documents with IRCC Logo – June 5, 2023

IRCC`S Response to a Request for Information Made by the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on February 15, 2023

Question

M. Jean-Denis Garon: I'll be quick. At McKinsey, it's common practice not to use their own logo on the documents they produce for their clients. The firm uses their clients' logos instead.

In this particular case, there would probably be documents produced by McKinsey bearing the Government of Canada's logo or that of a government department, whether it's a PowerPoint presentation or any other type of document.

Did McKinsey & Company at any moment use the Government of Canada's or your own department's logo on the documents they produced for internal use?

Hon. Sean Fraser: I'm not personally aware of them. Perhaps I can ask the deputy minister to offer commentary.

Mme Christiane Fox: I'll offer the same response.

I have no knowledge of a document produced by McKinsey bearing the Government of Canada's logo, but we can certainly go through all the files to confirm that that's the case.

M. Jean-Denis Garon: My time's starting now, Mr. Chair.
Deputy minister, I imagine you'd be able to table a sampling of PowerPoint presentations McKinsey produced for your department, bearing their own logo, all identified, so that committee members may peruse them

Mme Christiane Fox: We can absolutely supply the committee with any and all documents produced by McKinsey & Company. I think it's already in the works. We're working on the template.

M. Jean-Denis Garon:  Mr. Chair, please consider that the request was made and then accepted by the department.

Response

Digital Strategy, Services and Innovation (DSSI)

All documents pertaining to the McKinsey deliverables have been shared as part of the Motion for production of papers for both 2018 and 2019 contracts. While initial documents were on McKinsey templates, as work with IRCC progressed, McKinsey removed their brand and used IRCC's logo/templates. IRCC took ownership over the development of the products and IRCC was heavily involved and continue to iterate on the products to this present day.