Gov’s technology chief misled MPs about ArriveCan app contract: deputy minister

https://tnc.news/2023/11/08/misled-mps-arrivecan-app/

MPs were informed by a deputy minister that the Liberal government’s chief technology officer Minh Doan misled parliament during a committee testimony about the selection of GCStrategies in the bidding process to build the ArriveCan app.

On Tuesday, hearings were held by the Commons government operations committee to examine how the failed ArriveCan app ended up costing taxpayers over $54 million.

Health Canada’s assistant deputy minister Cameron MacDonald testified before the committee that he had a heated argument with then-Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) vice president Doan in the month of October, 2022.

At the time, Macdonald was director-general at the agency and Doan was his superior. Continue…