The ArriveCAN app where Canadians and permanent residents entering Canada will need to show documents proving they received doses of vaccines approved in Canada at least 14 days prior to entering the country.
The auditor general says the total cost of the ArriveCan app is "impossible to determine." The best estimate the report arrived at was just under $60 million. One of the partners at GC Strategies said Thursday he didn't know the answers to a number of questions posed by MPs on a parliamentary committee studying the ArriveCan controversy.
After his opening statement, Anthony said he didn't have answers to several questions asked by MPs about GC Strategies, including ones that didn't specifically touch on the ArriveCan app.ArriveCAN company owner says he hasn't read scathing AG reportDarren Anthony, vice president of GC Strategies — the company at the centre of the ArriveCan app controversy — says he hasn't read the auditor general's report scrutinizing his firm's practices.
"I don't know the answer to that," Anthony replied. He stuck with his answer when Bachrach asked him again.Company linked to ArriveCan controversy got $107 million in federal contracts, official says During his own testimony, Firth refuted the auditor general's report, which said GC Strategies had been awarded roughly $19 million for its work on ArriveCan.
When Bachrach asked how he could dispute Hogan's findings if he hadn't read the report, Anthony said he agreed with Firth's assessment.After Bachrach's questions, Conservative MP Larry Brock grilled Anthony for not reading the auditor general's report.
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