NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said the $100 million Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent on McKinsey and Company consultants could have helped many people. .“When I’m prime minister, instead of helping out wealthy consultants, we’ll trust Canada’s fantastic public service to do the job we hired them for,” said Singh in a Monday video. .“And we’ll use government money to make life better for you and your family.” .The video started off with Singh saying Trudeau “shovelled $100 million to a multinational consultant, McKinsey.” He said McKinsey advised Purdue Pharma on how to sell more opioids. .Canadian independent journalist Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson said there are “billions and billions of taxpayers dollars that are un-accounted for and he prattles on about $100 million.”.“It truly is a different world in Ottawa,” said Tyler Thompson. .National Post opinion editor Carson Jerema laughed at Singh. .“Jagmeet Singh wants to be Pierre Poilievre,” said Jerema. .The Conservatives called for Canada's auditor general to investigate the federal government's contracting with McKinsey and Company on Monday. .READ MORE: Conservatives put forth motion for auditor general to investigate McKinsey."We don't trust the Liberals to investigate themselves,” said Conservative MP Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan). .“We don't trust the two ministers who are responsible for procurement and for the Treasury Board to be the ones investigating their own conduct in this respect.” .Singh lashed out against greed on January 17 by saying CEOs are taking advantage of inflation to line their pockets. .READ MORE: Jagmeet Singh blames inflation on greed, promises NDP help, gets severe Twitter backlash.“And the Liberals and Conservatives are allowing them to do so,” he said. .“It's wrong and unjust.”
