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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Canada's top public servant to look into the government's procurement process over what he said seemed to be a"highly illogical and inefficient" contract to develop the ArriveCan app.
The process has raised questions about why the public service could not hire those firms directly or do the work in-house. "During the pandemic, speed was an essence, helping people quickly was an essence, but there are principles that we should make sure are sound moving forward," he said. "We are, however, very proud of the team we gave the Government of Canada, whom they managed and gave direction to throughout the project."
GC Strategies has done similar work for more than 20 departments as well, and has invoiced a total of more than $44 million over the last two years, Firth told the committee.
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