Companies tied to ArriveCan awarded federal contracts worth $1-billion, Ottawa reveals

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Over the past 13 years, now-suspended firms involved in developing the app received hundreds of federal contracts that have a combined value of more than $1-billion

A person holds a smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app in a photo illustration made in Toronto on June 29, 2022.Three government contractors involved in developing the ArriveCan app have received hundreds of federal contracts worth more than $1-billion over the past 13 years.

Two of the three companies – Dalian and GCStrategies – have just two employees each, while Coradix has said it has about 40 staff. GCStrategies received 105 contracts with a combined total value of $100.3-million. That brings the total value of contracts awarded to the three companies to just more than $1-billion.

Contract values do not mean the companies actually received all of those funds. The three companies often won task-based contracts for general IT services, meaning departments could access the contracts in order to obtain specific services. “It’s astounding and it tells me that something is wrong with the system,” she said, adding that cabinet ministers are ultimately responsible for the spending that occurs in their departments.NDP MP Blake Desjarlais said his questioning of Mr. Yeo at committee left him with the view that Dalian won contracts without proving that it met federal requirements to use at least one-third Indigenous workers.Mr.

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