Company linked to ArriveCan controversy got $107 million in federal contracts, official says

The company at the centre of the ArriveCan controversy has received more than $100 million in federal government contracts since 2011, says Canada's comptroller general.The auditor general estimates GC Strategies received $19.1 million for ArriveCan. But that estimate only includes money paid to the company up to March of last year.

Huppé told MPs that he has urged government departments to ensure the information in the procurement database is "complete and accurate." Hogan's report, released last month, estimates the project cost roughly $59.5 million. She also noted that the total cost is "impossible to determine" due to poor financial record-keeping.

On Wednesday, Public Services and Procurement Canada announced that it had suspended GC Strategies' security status, effectively banning the company from bidding on new contracts with security requirements.Comptroller asking for contract totals for other companies A CBC News analysis of documents tabled in the House of Commons shows the company has received more than $200 million in government contracts since 2015 — though the government database suggests it has won contracts as far back as 2004.Dalian Enterprise president and founder David Yeo was employed by the Department of National Defence while the company also received millions in government contracts.

Yeo told the House government operations committee in October that Dalian and Coradix operate as a "joint venture under the procurement strategy for Indigenous business."

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