Parliamentary committee orders departments to hand over contracting documents related to ArriveCan app
A new cost breakdown reveals the ArriveCan app began as an $80,000 expense at the onset of the pandemic before growing to $54-million this year over the course of more than 70 updates.
Members of the House of Commons committee on government operations and estimates agreed Monday to a slightly watered-down version of a Conservative PartyAfter more than an hour of negotiations, committee members approved that the cost of building and maintaining the app is on pace to reach $54-million this fiscal year. The Globe also reported that GCstrategies has fewer than five employees and relies on more than 75 subcontractors to deliver on its contracts with over a dozen government departments.
The Bloc and NDP agreed with the Liberals that the committee could reassess whether further hearings are needed after receiving the documents and hearing from the initial round of experts. Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, who proposed the original motion, had said the Liberals want to hear only from public servants who will defend the spending and that hearing from critical tech experts would provide balance.
NDP MP and committee member Gord Johns also said the breakdown raises new questions. He said in a statement that it’s “wrong to keep Canadians in the dark” and said the Liberals have not been transparent. Along with the new breakdown of the $54-million cost, CBSA spokesperson Sandra Boudreau provided additional commentary about the project.
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The initial cost of ArriveCAN was $80,000 — what about the other $54M?\u0027Canadians want to hear why this cost so much, what alternatives to using GC were, and how they could have delivered this program for a lot less money\u0027
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The initial cost of ArriveCAN was $80,000 — what about the other $54M?\u0027Canadians want to hear why this cost so much, what alternatives to using GC were, and how they could have delivered this program for a lot less money\u0027
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Initial ArriveCAN costs were $80,000. Here's how it got to $54M\u0027Canadians want to hear why this cost so much, what alternatives to using GC were, and how they could have delivered this program for a lot less money\u0027
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