Canadian government spent $46.8M on a secret Palantir contract
Summary
The Canadian government secretly spent $46.8 million on a contract with data analytics company Palantir.
View Cached Full Text
Cached at: 06/22/26, 04:30 AM
Similar Articles
Palantir Gets an Initial $3.9 Million to Spy on Federal Workers
The Trump administration has awarded Palantir an initial $3.9 million contract to develop surveillance tools for tracking federal employees' return-to-office compliance at the USDA, with similar programs planned at the VA and SSA, raising privacy and worker rights concerns.
Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government officials
Palantir has hired over 30 senior UK government officials since 2012, raising corruption concerns as the company expands its contracts with UK public sector entities.
Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn
A UK parliamentary committee warns that the government's growing reliance on Palantir's technology creates an unacceptable vendor lock-in risk, recommending early termination of the NHS contract due to political and ethical concerns.
Some notes on how we ended up with Palantir & how to replace it
Bert Hubert explains why governments are heavily reliant on Palantir software, citing their exceptional hands-on integration support and accounting tricks that bundle consultant services with licenses, and calls for developing replacement software with European values.
The UK government is considering ending Palantir's involvement in a central NHS data platform after coming under fire from MPs, unions, and campaigners
The UK government is considering ending Palantir's £330 million NHS Federated Data Platform contract early via a break clause next spring, following criticism from MPs, unions, and campaigners who argue the platform underdelivers, locks in NHS data, and transfers no intellectual property to the health service.