Canadian Parliament Scrutinizes CRA’s $11.9M Security Award and Buy Canadian Rules
A November 2, 2026, parliamentary supply motion is examining how the Buy Canadian policy applies to the Canada Revenue Agency’s approximately $11.9 million security-services award to Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, a subsidiary of U.S.-owned Allied Universal. Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic said foreign ownership alone does not disqualify a supplier that meets Canadian business-presence criteria; he has not reviewed the procurement or found the rules were misapplied.