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Check out this piece that my Code for Canada colleague Sarah Niedoba wrote for the Globe and Mail on the REAL scale and scope of government IT contacts. The full picture reveals that procurement rules aren't necessarily aligned with better outcomes for the public. Shout out to Amanda Clarke and Sean Boots for their research which formed the basis of this piece!
Canadians should be worried about the government's costly reliance on large, for-profit tech vendors. "What does it mean when our government asks outside parties to do everything from craft policy to develop essential public-facing digital products and services?" Read our thoughts on the federal government's broken procurement system in our latest The Globe and Mail opinion piece: https://tgam.ca/45oBwqt We're calling on public sector leaders to question and change the status quo. #ArriveCan #GovernmentProcurement
