Lilley: Carney hands tax office security to U.S. firm tied to Trump’s deportation machine
Commissionaires, Canada’s largest employer of veterans, lose CRA contract over an $80,000 bid gap
By News on the Net -- TORONTO SUN & Brian Lilley—— Bio and Archives--October 19, 2026
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An American security company with ties to Trump’s deportation machine is about to start guarding Canada’s tax office — and it beat out a Canadian veterans’ institution by just $80,000. Allied Universal, a firm making tens of millions off ICE and other U.S. agencies, will soon take over security at the Canada Revenue Agency.
In a true Elbows Up move, the Carney government awarded the contract, worth close to $12 million, to Allied Universal rather than the Commissionaires.
It all appears to be part of a pattern of the Carney government saying one thing and doing another. A recent review of federal contracts awarded between March 2025, when Prime Minister Mark Carney was sworn in, and the end of July 2026 showed that lucrative contracts going to American companies increased.
The Toronto Star examined $25 billion worth of contracts awarded in Carney’s first 16 months and found 31% went to American-controlled companies. That was up from 20% of the $36 billion in contracts handed out in the 16 months before Carney was sworn in. ---More...
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