Julie Vignola at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, gentlemen, for being with us today.

In her report, the Auditor General mentioned that PSPC had “challenged the Canada Border Services Agency for proposing and using non‑competitive processes for ArriveCAN and recommended various alternatives.”

I'd like to ask you two questions about that.

First, why were PSPC recommendations ignored?

Second, what would have encouraged the CBSA to accept the recommendations it received from PSPC, which performs a challenge function, as it did in this case?