ArriveCAN

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Controversy Surrounding ArriveCan App Costs Revealed in Auditor General Report

The Auditor General report unveils the staggering costs and mismanagement behind the ArriveCan app, sparking outrage.

A recent Auditor General report shed light on the tumultuous journey of the ArriveCan app, exposing a lack of financial transparency that rendered the final cost impossible to determine. The report called out multiple federal agencies, including the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), for their negligence and disregard in overseeing the development and implementation of the app. The Auditor General's scathing critique labeled the handling of the ArriveCan project as a glaring failure in basic financial record-keeping.

The government's response to the report highlighted the lack of adherence to proper management practices by federal departments involved in the ArriveCan app's development. A disregard for contract rules and mismanagement led to the app's exorbitant costs, which far exceeded the initial budget estimates. The controversy surrounding ArriveCan raised questions about accountability and transparency within government processes.

Despite initial cost projections of $80,000, the Auditor General revealed a staggering expense of approximately $59.5 million to taxpayers for the ArriveCan application. This discrepancy in cost estimation and execution highlighted significant shortcomings in financial oversight and project management.

The NDP leader's reaction to the report emphasized the government's detachment from public concerns, using the pandemic period as an opportunity to mishandle financial resources. The report's findings underscored the urgent need for greater accountability and responsibility in government spending.

The ArriveCan scandal not only exposed financial mismanagement but also triggered demands for accountability and potential criminal investigations. Criticism of the handling of the app echoed concerns about ethical conduct and transparency within federal agencies, prompting calls for further scrutiny and corrective measures.

Interesting Facts: - The Auditor General estimated that the Canada Border Services Agency spent a staggering $59.5 million on the ArriveCan app. - The development and implementation of ArriveCan disregarded contract rules and best practices, leading to widespread mismanagement and cost overruns.

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Total cost of ArriveCan 'impossible to determine' due to poor record ... (CBC.ca)

The final cost of the controversial ArriveCan app is impossible to determine due to poor financial record-keeping, a new auditor general report has found.

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Explosion des coûts de l'application ArriveCAN : des manquements ... (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)

Dans un rapport accablant, la vérificatrice générale du Canada accuse plusieurs agences fédérales, dont l'Agence des services frontaliers, de « non-respect ...

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'We paid too much': Canada's AG blasts CBSA over ArriveCan app (CTV News)

Canada's auditor general has found that those involved in the contracting, development and implementation of the controversial ArriveCan application showed ...

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Auditor-General's ArriveCan report finds 'glaring disregard' for basic ... (The Globe and Mail)

Report of federal spending released Monday concludes IT staffing firm GC Strategies was directly involved in setting terms for $25-million contract it ...

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ArriveCAN process saw multiple failures, watchdog blasts (Globalnews.ca)

Auditor General Karen Hogan released a long-awaited report Monday that blasted the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), ...

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Le recours aux sous-traitants a causé le fiasco d'ArriveCAN, déplore ... (Le Devoir)

... « Accro » aux consultants externes à 1090 $ par jour, l'Agence des services frontaliers du Canada n'a gardé aucune documentation sur l'octroi d'un ...

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Rapport de la vérificatrice générale | ArriveCan aura finalement ... (La Presse)

Karen Hogan estime tout de même que l'application, dont la facture s'élevait au départ à 80 000 $, a coûté environ 59,5 millions aux contribuables. Publié à ...

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Government of Canada responds to the Report of the Auditor ... (Canada.ca)

Ottawa, February 12, 2024. Canada Border Services Agency / Public Services and Procurement Canada / Public Health Agency of Canada. The Government of Canada ...

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Government departments ignored management practices, failed to ... (IT World Canada)

Three federal government agencies failed to follow good management practices in the contracting, development, and implementation of the $59.5 million ...

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Contract rules disregarded in development of ArriveCan app: auditor (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Disregarded policies and a failure of management led to the development of the inordinately costly and much-maligned ArriveCan app, an investigation by ...

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Contract rules disregarded in costly development of ArriveCan app ... (660 News)

Ottawa launched the app in April 2020 as a way to track health and contact information for people entering Canada during the pandemic.

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La vérificatrice générale démolit la gestion d'ArriveCAN (TVA Nouvelles)

C'est l'entreprise GC Strategies, fondée en 2015 à Ottawa, qui a obtenu le contrat. Or, Karen Hogan ne s'explique pas pourquoi. Elle constate que «l'Agence ...

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La vérificatrice générale étrille le fédéral pour sa gestion d'ArriveCan (Le Droit)

Le gouvernement fédéral a fait preuve d'«un non-respect flagrant des pratiques élémentaires de gestion» dans l'affaire ArriveCan.

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L'application ArriveCan a coûté 54 millions de dollars de plus que ... (Noovo Info)

La vérificatrice générale du Canada a constaté que les personnes impliquées dans la passation des marchés, le développement et la mise en œuvre de ...

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Contract rules disregarded in costly development of ArriveCan app ... (CityNews Montreal)

Ottawa launched the app in April 2020 as a way to track health and contact information for people entering Canada during the pandemic.

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Rapport de la vérificatrice générale | ArriveCan aura finalement ... (La Presse)

Karen Hogan estime tout de même que l'application, dont la facture s'élevait au départ à 80 000 dollars, a coûté environ 59,5 millions aux contribuables. Publié ...

NDP reacts to the Auditor General's report on ArriveCan (ndp.ca)

Canada's NDP leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: “As Canadians were dealing with the pandemic, the out-of-touch Liberals used that period to ...

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$12 million here, $12 million there: Five things to know about the ... (National Post)

Auditor general Karen Hogan estimated that the Canada Border Services Agency spent $59.5 million on the app.

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ArriveCAN : des manquements sur toute la ligne, dit la VG | RCI (Radio Canada International)

L'application mobile, mise en place au début de la pandémie de COVID-19 pour exercer un contrôle accru aux frontières, a coûté cher aux Canadiens : la version ...

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ANALYSIS | ArriveCan is a mess — but the scandal hides some ... (CBC.ca)

In fairness, the Liberal government is already committed to spending $4 billion to alleviate homelessness (although $60 million toward that effort certainly ...

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Rapport accablant sur les coûts de l'application ArriveCAN - TVA ... (CIMT-CHAU)

Donc, une facture de 750 fois plus chère que ce que Justin Trudeau avait promis. « Pendant que les Canadiens ont de la difficulté à se nourrir et à se loger, ...

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Don Martin: ArriveCan debacle may be even worse than we know ... (CTV News)

It's been 22 years since a former auditor general blasted the Chretien government after it 'broke just about every rule in the book' in handing out private ...

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“Unacceptable gaps”: Ottawa responds to damning ArriveCAN audit (PAX News)

ArriveCAN was meant to control the Canadian border at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Auditor General Karen Hogan says federal agencies awarded ...

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Poilievre asks RCMP to criminally investigate ArriveCan debacle (Globalnews.ca)

The request comes a day after Auditor General Karen Hogan released a blistering report on the pandemic-era program, calling it the worst financial record ...

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Pierre Poilievre asks RCMP to expand investigation of ArriveCan ... (CBC.ca)

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sent a letter to the RCMP commissioner Tuesday asking the Mounties to investigate the government's COVID-era ArriveCan ...

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Scandale ArriveCAN: «Les responsables devront répondre de leurs ... (Le Journal de Montréal)

Une enquête à l'Agence des services frontaliers (ASFC) se penche sur des invitations à des événements et des cadeaux offerts à des fonctionnaires.

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On ArriveCan, the question is not just who did what, but why? (The Globe and Mail)

The opaque, multilayered contracting model that so inflated costs on the ArriveCan project appears to have been used more widely.

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Avec le scandale ArriveCan, Trudeau déroule le tapis rouge à ... (Le Journal de Québec)

Ça devait coûter 80 000$ au départ. On est rendu à 59,5 millions $, soit 744 fois plus cher. Je parle bien sûr de l'application ArriveCAN.

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