app, was also working as a public servant with the Department of National Defence and has now been suspended.“Mr. Yeo is currently employed as a public service employee within the Department of National Defence,” said Andrée-Anne Poulin. “Due to the serious nature of the concerns raised, DND is launching an internal investigation into the matter. The individual has been suspended while this investigation is under way. We are in the process of suspending contracts with Dalian.
organizations have raised concerns with these types of arrangements, warning they can promote “phantom joint ventures,” where an Indigenous partner is used as a front by a non-Indigenous business to obtain a contract set-aside.of its program to support Indigenous contractors in light of concerns about its use by companies that worked on the ArriveCan app.that Ottawa spent about $59.5-million on contractors to build and maintain the ArriveCan smartphone app.