负责加拿大税务局的国务秘书正在为加拿大税务局将一份价值1200万加元的安全合同授予一家美国跨国公司的加拿大子公司，而非授予加拿大退伍军人协会的决定进行辩护。
The secretary of state in charge of the Canada Revenue Agency is defending the CRA's decision to award a $12-million security contract to a Canadian subsidiary of an American multinational company over the Commissionaires.
加拿大退伍军人协会成立于1925年，是一家私营的非营利安全组织，最初旨在为加拿大武装部队和警察部队的退伍军人提供有意义的就业机会。
Founded in 1925, Commissionaires is a private, not-for-profit security organization that was founded to provide meaningful employment to veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and police services.
公开可得的文件显示，2026年6月，加拿大税务局将合同授予了环球保护服务加拿大公司，该公司是联合普遍安全服务公司的子公司，而联合普遍安全服务公司是一家与美国移民与海关执法局驱逐出境计划有联系的安全公司。
Publicly available documents show that in June 2026, the CRA awarded the contract to Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, a subsidiary of Allied Universal Security Services — a security company with ties to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation program.
此事发生在加拿大退伍军人协会表示联邦政府告知他们，将不再拥有大多数联邦合同的优先拒绝权几个月后。
It comes months after Commissionaires said the federal government told them they will no longer have first right of refusal for most federal contracts.
“当我们最初在二月与政府交谈时，他们告诉我们，好吧，你们不会获得优先拒绝权，但我们仍然希望支持贵组织，”加拿大退伍军人协会大湖区总裁兼首席执行官杰夫·汉密尔顿说。
"When we initially spoke with government back [in February], we were told, well, you're not going to get the right of first refusal, but we still want to support your organization," said Geoff Hamilton, president and CEO of Commissionaires Great Lakes.
加拿大税务局的合同是个例外，因为它一直是竞争性投标，但加拿大退伍军人协会一直持有该合同，直到最近的招标。汉密尔顿表示，投标差额为8万加元，占合同价值的不到1%。“这只是公共部门采购的自动运行，”汉密尔顿说。
The CRA contract was an outlier in that it was always a competitive bid, but the Commissionaires held the contract until the recent tender. Hamilton said the difference in bid was $80,000, representing less than one per cent of the contract's value. "It is just sort of public sector procurement on autopilot," said Hamilton.
反对派就该决定抨击政府 保守党退伍军人事务批评家迈克尔·巴雷特周二在质询时间提出了这一问题。
Opposition blasts government over decision Conservative veterans affairs critic Michael Barrett raised the issue in question period on Tuesday.
“我们都同意，雇佣加拿大退伍军人和雇佣加拿大公司很重要。问题在于，自由党为什么在这种情况下没有这样做？”负责加拿大税务局的国务秘书韦恩·朗既为该流程进行了辩护，又主张内阁并未参与选择这家私营公司的决定。
"We can all agree that employing Canadian veterans and hiring Canadian companies is important. The question to the Liberals is why didn't they do that in this case?" Wayne Long, secretary of state for the CRA, both defended the process and argued that cabinet wasn't involved in the decision to go with the private company.
“该过程选出了一家合格的加拿大供应商，”朗在回应巴雷特时表示。
"The process resulted in the selection of a qualified Canadian supplier," Long said in response to Barrett.
“议员知道，政客从不参与加拿大税务局的独立决策。”新民主党议员戈德·约翰斯也抨击了将合同授予私营公司而非加拿大退伍军人协会的决定。
"The member knows politicians are never involved in the independent decisions by the CRA." NDP MP Gord Johns also blasted the decision to award the contract to a private company rather than the Commissionaires.
“加拿大人想知道，将这份合同授予一家与美国移民与海关执法局有联系的外资公司，而不是一家支持退伍军人的加拿大本土机构，这如何符合自由党对加拿大人的承诺，”约翰斯在下院关于军事采购的辩论中表示。
"Canadians want to know, how does awarding this contract to a foreign owned corporation with those ties [to ICE] instead of a Canadian owned institution supporting veterans square with the Liberals' Canadian promises," Johns said in the House during a debate on military procurement.
在一份声明中，环球卫士公司表示，它是一家在加拿大注册的公司，在加拿大拥有10,100名员工和19家办事处。该公司表示，其与美国政府的关系已持续数届政府，并涵盖联邦各机构。
In a statement, Allied Universal said it is a registered Canadian company with 10,100 employees and 19 offices across Canada. It said the company's relationship with the U.S. government has existed for several administrations and spans federal agencies.
朗的一位发言人在另一份声明中补充说，加拿大税务局的评估标准不仅考虑总成本，还可以包括过去在类似合同中的表现、业务连续性规划以及招聘和部署人员的能力等因素。声明表示，这些决定是独立作出的，不受政治干预。
A spokesperson for Long added in a statement that the CRA's evaluation criteria consider more than overall cost, and can include, among other things, past performance on similar contracts, business continuity planning and ability to recruit and deploy personnel. The statement said the decisions are made independently, without political interference.