An audit conducted by the Auditor General of Canada has uncovered mismanagement beyond what anyone could imagine in the contracting, development, and implementation of the ArriveCAN app by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Public Services and Procurement Canada. The report, released on Monday, following a motion passed...
Parliamentary hearings into the $54 million ArriveCan app and allegations of contracting misconduct were suddenly halted on Wednesday by Liberal, Bloc Québécois, and NDP MPs. This was made after the discovery of a preliminary report by a federal investigator, described by one Liberal MP as "scary," which raised concerns that further hearings could jeopardize ongoing...
An investigation by the Federal Procurement Ombudsman into the $54 million ArriveCan app's development has revealed massive breaches in contracting rules. The report, led by Procurement Ombudsman Alexander Jeglic, found that outsourcing companies, particularly GCStrategies, a two-person IT staffing firm, won contracts by listing subcontractors who ultimately did no work. Say what?! The investigation into...
The federal government has suspended an assistant deputy minister and a director-general, both without pay, in a case involving alleged misconduct in the awarding of a federal contract related to the ArriveCan app, which cost taxpayers over $54 million dollars. Cameron MacDonald, assistant deputy minister at Health Canada, and Antonio Utano, a director-general at the...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described allegations involving threats and deceit linked to the ArriveCan app as “extremely concerning” during a session in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The allegations were raised by Cameron MacDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister at Health Canada, implicating Minh Doan, the federal government's Chief Technology Officer, reports The Globe and Mail....
At a Parliamentary Committee on Tuesday, further questions were asked about the $54 million ArriveCan app scandal, but no new answers surfaced. Franco Terrazzano, the federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, raised alarming questions about government accountability and transparency during the committee meeting yesterday. Terrazzano revealed that approximately 90% of government executives receive bonuses...
Members of Parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to summon private contractors, senior government officials, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for questioning over the ArriveCan app, reports the Globe and Mail. The decision by the government operations committee comes in response to a Globe and Mail report indicating that the RCMP is investigating alleged...
Federal Auditor-General Karen Hogan announced the expansion of her ongoing investigation into the costly ArriveCan app, following new allegations of misconduct originally reported by The Globe and Mail. Hogan expressed disappointment that government officials did not inform her of a related RCMP investigation, a fact she learned through media coverage. The announcement came during an...
Conservative MP John Williamson, chair of the public accounts committee, has announced an emergency meeting for Thursday to hear from Auditor-General Karen Hogan and Deputy Auditor-General Andrew Hayes regarding the status of the ArriveCan app audit, reported the Globe and Mail earlier this week. The House of Commons is currently on recess for Thanksgiving. The...
In a clear violation of the Privacy Act, over 10,000 Canadians received incorrect quarantine directives through the federal government's ArriveCan app, according to Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne, in his report released on Tuesday. The erroneous orders, issued last year, threatened recipients with substantial fines and stemmed from a database error, reports The Globe and Mail....
Canada Border Services Agency says its Advance Declaration feature within the ArriveCAN app has expanded to more airports, as part of its nationwide rollout. The CBSA announced yesterday all travellers arriving on international flights at the Ottawa International Airport (YOW) and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) can now use Advance Declaration to skip long...