Interviews

Summit Magazine

Chat with Shahid Minto: (PDF Approx. 116Kb) (www)
A procurement ombudsman was part of the government's Accountability Act initiative passed at end of 2006. The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) operates at arm's length from the federal government departments, and has, in its own words, three key roles:

The Lawyers Weekly

Minto's might: Canada's new procurement investigator (www)
Though he has spent most of his career as a chartered accountant, Canada's new- and first- procurement ombudsman was born to be a lawyer.