Morning Update: Procurement review examining prevalence of inflated résumés

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Good morning, Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says his department is examining whether there is a widespread problem throughout government with inflated résumés as it reviews three IT staffing firms facing allegations of wrongdoing related to their work on federal contracts. The Canada Border Services Agency has temporarily suspended all contract work with the three firms – Coradix, Dalian and GCStrategies. The three companies have altogether received nearly half a billion dollars in federal outsourcing work over the past decade. The allegations focus on contracts with layers of subcontracting that hide key details about who is getting paid for what, cozy...