Dear constituents,
As I write this, the Auditor General’s report on the ArriveCAN app has been resting with the Canadian public for a little over two weeks. Her report outlined the ArriveCAN application – which previous analysis has shown could’ve been made for as little as $80,000 – has ballooned to a jaw-dropping cost of at least $60 million dollars! That’s 750 times over budget! In her report the Auditor General wrote, “overall the CBSA, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Public Services and Procurement Canada repeatedly failed to follow good management practices in the contracting, development, and implementation of the ArriveCAN application.”
GC Strategies a four-person company run out of a basement, received $19.5 million dollars on ArriveCAN contracts despite doing no actual work on the app! We’ve also learned that GC Strategies has been the recipient of over a quarter of a billion dollars in other government contracts since Justin Trudeau took office in 2015.
As the Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Treasury Board, I have been digging for answers on ArriveCAN since the fall of 2022 – and I won’t be stopping until Canadian taxpayers get the answers they deserve.
I would also like to remind all constituents of the federal services my office can assist you with. If you need help with Service Canada (EI, CPP, OAS, CRA), Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Passport Canada, Veterans Affairs, or more please complete the relevant form on my website at www.StephanieKusieMP.ca/services.
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Sincerely,
Stephanie Kusie
MP, Calgary Midnapore
MP – Calgary Midnapore Stephanie Kusie proudly serves the following Communities: , Acadia, Belmont, Bonavista Downs, Chaparral, Deer Ridge, Deer Run, Diamond Cove, East Fairview Industrial, Fairview, Fairview Industrial, Glendeer Business Park, Lake Bonavista, Legacy, Maple Ridge, Midnapore , Millrise, Parkland, Pine Creek, Queensland , Shawnessy, Silverado, Somerset, Sundance, Walden, Willow Park, Wolf Willow
