Canada Faces Increased Scrutiny Over COVID Spending and Vaccine Distribution, and Jamaica Signs Onto the US Global Procurement Initiative
By Paul Emanuelli and Lisa Kuechler
In this week’s newsreel, Canada faces increased scrutiny over COVID spending and vaccine distribution, a Quebec engineering firm is fined for bid-rigging, regional lobbying continues over Canada’s icebreaker award, Winnipeg and Australia introduce social procurement and SME reforms, Trinidad is slammed for “butchering” its new procurement law, and Jamaica signs onto the US global procurement initiative.
Canada Spends $240B Fighting COVID
Canadian Distillers Frozen Out on Hand Sanitizers
Canada Claims “America First” Policy Won’t Impact Vaccines
Canada Awards FedEx Contract for Vaccine Delivery
Quebec Engineering Firm Pays $3.2M Bid-Rigging Fine
Canada’s Icebreaker Deal Subject to Regional Lobbying
Winnipeg Encourages Social Procurement for Contractors
Australia Boosts Procurement Rules to Support SMEs
