Quebec Tory Leader Calls for Inquiry Into Pandemic Management by Private Firm

Quebec Conservative Leader Eric Duhaime speaks to supporters at a rally where he announced he will run in the Chauveau riding in the next provincial election in October, in Quebec City on April 5, 2022. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

Quebec Conservative Party Leader Éric Duhaime on Friday called for an inquiry into the outsourcing of many facets of the province’s pandemic management to U.S. consulting firm McKinsey, including any potential conflict-of-interest issues.

“Should we understand that the [François] Legault government gave a consulting firm the duty to manage Quebec in 2020, with all the negative consequences this had on the lives of millions of Quebecers?” Duhaime said in a statement.