MPs ask CBSA ‘32 times’ to identify recipient of ArriveCAN contract

https://www.rebelnews.com/mps_ask_cbsa_32_times_to_identify_recipient_of_arrivecan_contract

Public Works Minister Jean-Yves Duclos declined 32 times to answer who awarded GC Strategies $11.2 million to subcontract IT work on the ArriveCan app.

CBSA Officials refused to tell MPs Tuesday which company they awarded the ArriveCan contract — despite being asked 32 times.

"Nobody wants to take responsibility," said Conservative MP Garnett Genuis on the government operations committee.

In October 2022, GCStrategies received more than $8.9 million to work on the ArriveCan app, a costly pandemic tool that tracked traveler vaccination status.

Coradix and Dalian Enterprises received a combined $4.3 million, while the GC Strategies sum grew to $11.2 million. Each company is now subject to an RCMP investigation following a whistleblower complaint.