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ArriveCan Contractor Says Conflict of Interest Steps Taken When CEO Joined Public Service

A federal government contractor implicated in the ArriveCan scandal says its president only joined the public service after work on ArriveCan was completed and that steps were taken to avoid ...

March 8, 2024BY Noé Chartier

Feds Suspend Security Status of Company at Centre of ArriveCan Scandal

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) says it has suspended the security status of GC Strategies, the company ...

March 7, 2024BY William Crooks and Noé Chartier

Company at Centre of ArriveCan Debacle Got $107M in Contracts, Committee Hears

The company at the centre of the ArriveCan controversy has received $107 million from federal government contracts since ...

March 6, 2024BY Doug Lett

MPs Want More Documents Related to ArriveCan Contractor in COVID Alert App Investigation

MPs are demanding more documentation about GC Strategies as they investigate the business operations of the ArriveCan contractor ...

February 28, 2024BY William Crooks

Commons Committee Passes Vote to Summon GC Strategies to Testify on ArriveCan

The owners of GC Strategies, the IT firm behind ArriveCan, must appear before a parliamentary committee to answer ...

February 22, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

Conservatives to Put Forth Motion Compelling Company Behind ArriveCan to Appear Before Committee

Conservative MPs say they will move a motion to compel the heads of GC Strategies to appear before ...

February 20, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

EXPLAINER: What Are the Criminal and Parliamentary Probes Into ArriveCan Developers?

A simple mobile application with an initial estimated cost of $80,000 has turned into a $59.5 million scandal ...

February 16, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

Ottawa Still Has Active Contracts With ArriveCan Firm Despite Minister’s Declaration They Were All Suspended

Despite assurances by Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos that all contracts with the company primarily ...

February 15, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

Auditor General Met With RCMP to Discuss Findings of ArriveCan Report

The auditor general told MPs on the Government Operations Committee that she met with the RCMP to discuss ...

February 15, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

Liberal, NDP, and Bloc MPs Vote to Suspend ArriveCan Hearings Over ‘Scary’ CBSA Report

Liberal, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois MPs suspended committee hearings on the ArriveCan application on Feb. 7, arguing that ...

February 8, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

76% of ArriveCan Contractors Did No Work on the App, Procurement Ombudsman Finds

Over 75 percent of contractors hired to work on the ArriveCan application did not do any work on ...

January 30, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

Head of GC Strategies Invited Federal Officials to Whisky-Tasting Event to Celebrate ArriveCAN Anniversary: Records

One of the heads of GC Strategies invited federal officials to several meetings at breweries in Ottawa, including ...

January 19, 2024BY Matthew Horwood

Procurement Minister Mum on Who Hired Company Behind Controversial ArriveCAN App

Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos repeatedly refused to answer questions from Conservative MPs on who ...

November 28, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

IT Firms Involved in ArriveCAN Development Face Gov’t Review Following Alleged Misconduct

Allegations of corruption, lying, intimidation, and shady contracting have been raised by government officials and IT contractors before ...

November 13, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

Email from ArriveCAN Contractor Was Forwarded to Justice Department, Official Reveals

The email pertains to concerns that Coradix and Dalian had used the names of Botler AI’s founders without ...

November 10, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

Federal Chief Technology Officer Lied to Committee About ArriveCAN, MPs Told

Minh Doan testified last month that he didn’t know who hired GC Strategies to build the ArriveCAN app.

November 8, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

Testimony of IT Firm Partner at Centre of ArriveCAN Scandal Not ‘Believable’: MPs

The co-owner of an IT firm at the centre of the ArriveCAN scandal has testified that his decision ...

November 3, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

‘What Do You Do?’ Tories Question Companies at Centre of Subcontracting Work for ArriveCAN

The heads of the companies were grilled by Tory MPs on what value they provided to Canadians.

October 31, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

CBSA President Says He Was Unaware of Initial ArriveCAN Misconduct Allegations

John Ossowski says the matter was not brought to his attention during his tenure as former president of ...

October 25, 2023BY Matthew Horwood