加国民主制度下，私企利用与政府官员密切关系获利难逃公众的审视（观点）
Canada's Democracy Keeps a Check on Government Officials' Close Ties with Private Firms
来源: 大中网/096.ca 南茜(Nancy Jin)
作为IT咨询公司的GCStrategies，目前已成为联邦政府外包合同丑闻的焦点。尽管该公司缺乏软件应用开发技能，且仅是一家两人规模的小型人力资源公司，GCStrategies还是从用于开发ArriveCan应用程序中拿到了1100万元的款项，并在两年内从联邦政府IT合同中获得了总计4400万元。GCStrategies获得的大笔意外之财使联邦政府的合同授予流程引发广泛争议，并将私企利用与政府高级幕僚之间的密切关系而不当获利的不齿行为示于镁光灯之下。
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GCStrategies, an IT consulting firm, has found itself at the epicenter of a national controversy surrounding the federal government’s outsourcing scandal. Despite its limited core expertise in app development and being a small, two-person staffing company, GCStrategies was awarded $11 million for the development of the ArriveCan app, and a total of $44 million from the federal government in IT contracts over two years. GCStrategies' financial windfall has ignited controversy over the government's contract awarding processes, spotlighting the firm's cozy ties with top bureaucrats that facilitated the inappropriate flow of public funds to private entities.
GCStrategies在其网站上宣称，其竞争优势在于擅长跨越政府合同管理的雷区，从而有效获得政府外包合同的竞争优势。总部位于蒙特利尔的高科技公司Botler就实实在在地领教了GCS的这一竞争优势。GCStrategies的高管兼合伙人Kristian Firth为加拿大边境服务局（CBSA）外包合同潜在候选者的Botler描绘了一幅的光明前景。Firth自信地向Botler的高管保证，只要GCStrategies担任经纪人，并收取20%的佣金，Botler所开发的处理工作场所性骚扰的聊天机器人的软件就能获得审批，得以在联邦政府的各个部门中使用。
GCStrategies proclaimed on its website that its competitive edge lay in its expertise in 'navigating the government procurement minefields'. This 'competitive edge' was prominently showcased to Botler, a Montreal-based tech firm. Kristian Firth, GCStrategies’s managing partner, painted a promising picture for Botler, a potential candidate for one of the CBSA's outsourcing contracts. Firth confidently assured Botler’s chief executive that their software, a chatbot addressing workplace sexual harassment, could be approved for use across the entire public sector, so long as GCStrategist acted as a broker, with a commission of 20 percent.
GCStrategies所自鸣得意的“竞争优势”似乎来自于其与高级政府官员之间的亲密互利关系，而这种长期而密切合作的关系及其程度通过Botler高管的通讯记载得到充分体现。Firth称时任加拿大边境服务局（CBSA）总监Cameron MacDonald为老朋友，并称他在MacDonald的政府职业生涯中与其广泛合作。他还建议Botler的Dutt女士和Morv先生在与其他高级官员的见面时特别赞扬MacDonald，使他获得“妥善照顾”。与此同时，联邦边境局的这位MacDonald先生也竭力推荐Botler与Firth先生合作，以便使数百万元的纳税人资金流向一IT项目之私人转包商的囊中。MacDonald给Botler的两位企业家的指示是“与Kristian合作”并“好好看看Kristian的厉害”。
The 'competitive edge' GCStrategies boasted appeared to stem from its mutually beneficial relationships with senior government officials. Recorded communications by Botler executives revealed the extent of these long-term and intimate collaborations. Mr. Firth described Cameron MacDonald, the then-director-general of the CBSA as a friend and mentioned his extensive collaboration with MacDonald throughout his government career. He also advised Ms. Dutt and Mr. Morv of Botler to specifically praise Mr. MacDonald in meetings with other senior officials, ensuring he was 'taken care of.' Concurrently, Mr. MacDonald from the border agency was recommending that Botler collaborate with Mr. Firth, facilitating a process through which millions of public funds were channeled to a private firm that subcontracted its IT work. 'Please work with Kristian,' and 'let Kristian work his magic,' were directives MacDonald gave to the Botler entrepreneurs.
让GCStrategies从ArriveCan项目中捞取$1100万元是谁做的决定？联邦议会组建的运营委员会针对边境管理局使用私营IT分包商事件的听证会至今未能就此获得一个明确的答案。MacDonald强烈否认从中收取过任何回扣，反而暗示这一丑闻的始作俑者另有他人。目前政府官员与IT承包商之间的密切关系已经受到加拿大皇家骑警（RCMP）的调查。
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Who had made the decision to give $11 million of the project to GCStrategies? A government operations committee's hearing into border agency’s use of private IT staffing firms has so far failed to yield a clear answer. MacDonald vehemently denied receiving any kickbacks, instead suggesting others were culpable in the scandal. Now the cozy ties between government officials and IT contractors has been under RCMP’s investigation.
ArriveCan丑闻的媒体曝光使收取丰厚佣金的GCStrategies受到不当行为的指控，并使联邦政府的合同颁与程序受到了公众的高度审查。《环球邮报》关于ArriveCan合同的报道让涉嫌官员陷入恐慌，担心公开曝光会导致某些人士“深陷困境”。毫无疑问，随之而来的议会听证会和执法机关的调查标志着加拿大民主的胜利，突显了透明度、自由媒体和积极的公民参与在确保政府官员的腐败行为难逃公众审视中发挥的重要作用。
The exposure of ArriveCan scandal to the media has left GCStrategies that collected thick commissions in the centre of misconduct allegations and put the government contract rewarding process under heightened public scrutiny. The Globe report about ArriveCan contract left the officials involved in panic, fearing the public exposure would result in someone's "head on a plate". Undoubtedly, the parliamentary hearings and law enforcement investigations ensued signify a triumph for Canadian democracy, highlighting the crucial role of transparency, a free press, and active civic engagement have played in ensuring corrupt practices of government officials cannot escape the public radar.
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GCStrategies, an IT consulting firm, has found itself at the epicenter of a national controversy surrounding the federal government’s outsourcing scandal. Despite its limited core expertise in app development and being a small, two-person staffing company, GCStrategies was awarded $11 million for the development of the ArriveCan app, and a total of $44 million from the federal government in IT contracts over two years. GCStrategies' financial windfall has ignited controversy over the government's contract awarding processes, spotlighting the firm's cozy ties with top bureaucrats that facilitated the inappropriate flow of public funds to private entities.
GCStrategies在其网站上宣称，其竞争优势在于擅长跨越政府合同管理的雷区，从而有效获得政府外包合同的竞争优势。总部位于蒙特利尔的高科技公司Botler就实实在在地领教了GCS的这一竞争优势。GCStrategies的高管兼合伙人Kristian Firth为加拿大边境服务局（CBSA）外包合同潜在候选者的Botler描绘了一幅的光明前景。Firth自信地向Botler的高管保证，只要GCStrategies担任经纪人，并收取20%的佣金，Botler所开发的处理工作场所性骚扰的聊天机器人的软件就能获得审批，得以在联邦政府的各个部门中使用。
GCStrategies proclaimed on its website that its competitive edge lay in its expertise in 'navigating the government procurement minefields'. This 'competitive edge' was prominently showcased to Botler, a Montreal-based tech firm. Kristian Firth, GCStrategies’s managing partner, painted a promising picture for Botler, a potential candidate for one of the CBSA's outsourcing contracts. Firth confidently assured Botler’s chief executive that their software, a chatbot addressing workplace sexual harassment, could be approved for use across the entire public sector, so long as GCStrategist acted as a broker, with a commission of 20 percent.
GCStrategies所自鸣得意的“竞争优势”似乎来自于其与高级政府官员之间的亲密互利关系，而这种长期而密切合作的关系及其程度通过Botler高管的通讯记载得到充分体现。Firth称时任加拿大边境服务局（CBSA）总监Cameron MacDonald为老朋友，并称他在MacDonald的政府职业生涯中与其广泛合作。他还建议Botler的Dutt女士和Morv先生在与其他高级官员的见面时特别赞扬MacDonald，使他获得“妥善照顾”。与此同时，联邦边境局的这位MacDonald先生也竭力推荐Botler与Firth先生合作，以便使数百万元的纳税人资金流向一IT项目之私人转包商的囊中。MacDonald给Botler的两位企业家的指示是“与Kristian合作”并“好好看看Kristian的厉害”。
The 'competitive edge' GCStrategies boasted appeared to stem from its mutually beneficial relationships with senior government officials. Recorded communications by Botler executives revealed the extent of these long-term and intimate collaborations. Mr. Firth described Cameron MacDonald, the then-director-general of the CBSA as a friend and mentioned his extensive collaboration with MacDonald throughout his government career. He also advised Ms. Dutt and Mr. Morv of Botler to specifically praise Mr. MacDonald in meetings with other senior officials, ensuring he was 'taken care of.' Concurrently, Mr. MacDonald from the border agency was recommending that Botler collaborate with Mr. Firth, facilitating a process through which millions of public funds were channeled to a private firm that subcontracted its IT work. 'Please work with Kristian,' and 'let Kristian work his magic,' were directives MacDonald gave to the Botler entrepreneurs.
让GCStrategies从ArriveCan项目中捞取$1100万元是谁做的决定？联邦议会组建的运营委员会针对边境管理局使用私营IT分包商事件的听证会至今未能就此获得一个明确的答案。MacDonald强烈否认从中收取过任何回扣，反而暗示这一丑闻的始作俑者另有他人。目前政府官员与IT承包商之间的密切关系已经受到加拿大皇家骑警（RCMP）的调查。
、
Who had made the decision to give $11 million of the project to GCStrategies? A government operations committee's hearing into border agency’s use of private IT staffing firms has so far failed to yield a clear answer. MacDonald vehemently denied receiving any kickbacks, instead suggesting others were culpable in the scandal. Now the cozy ties between government officials and IT contractors has been under RCMP’s investigation.
ArriveCan丑闻的媒体曝光使收取丰厚佣金的GCStrategies受到不当行为的指控，并使联邦政府的合同颁与程序受到了公众的高度审查。《环球邮报》关于ArriveCan合同的报道让涉嫌官员陷入恐慌，担心公开曝光会导致某些人士“深陷困境”。毫无疑问，随之而来的议会听证会和执法机关的调查标志着加拿大民主的胜利，突显了透明度、自由媒体和积极的公民参与在确保政府官员的腐败行为难逃公众审视中发挥的重要作用。
The exposure of ArriveCan scandal to the media has left GCStrategies that collected thick commissions in the centre of misconduct allegations and put the government contract rewarding process under heightened public scrutiny. The Globe report about ArriveCan contract left the officials involved in panic, fearing the public exposure would result in someone's "head on a plate". Undoubtedly, the parliamentary hearings and law enforcement investigations ensued signify a triumph for Canadian democracy, highlighting the crucial role of transparency, a free press, and active civic engagement have played in ensuring corrupt practices of government officials cannot escape the public radar.
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