(SK) Road to Ruin: Cost of Highway Consultants Skyrockets
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:33 amRoad to Ruin: Use of Costly Highway Consultants Skyrockets
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Saskatchewan's Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s spending on private consultants skyrocketed over the past few years, from $12.1 million in 2009 to $61.3 million in 2014 – an increase of 404%.
Last year’s $61.3 million payout accounted for over a tenth of the total budget. That prompts the question: why is the cost of consultants growing at thirty-three times the rate of the budget itself?
CCPA Saskatchewan's Taylor Bendig investigates the high cost of contracting out.
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Saskatchewan's Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s spending on private consultants skyrocketed over the past few years, from $12.1 million in 2009 to $61.3 million in 2014 – an increase of 404%.
Last year’s $61.3 million payout accounted for over a tenth of the total budget. That prompts the question: why is the cost of consultants growing at thirty-three times the rate of the budget itself?
CCPA Saskatchewan's Taylor Bendig investigates the high cost of contracting out.
Read More Here:
[ http://behindthenumbers.ca/2015/03/17/r ... yrocketed/ ]