Evidence of meeting #81 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cbsa.
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Liberal
Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
GC Strategies...you said it didn't have a contract with the CBSA.
Chief Executive Officer, Botler
It had different contracts with the CBSA, but it was not involved in the final contract that was executed, which was supposed to be for our work.
Liberal
Chief Technology and Security Officer, Botler
GC Strategies had a contract with the CBSA. For example, for ArriveCAN, I think it tabled different contracts with the agency. These were professional contracts that a company like GC Strategies used to retain services of professionals.
GC Strategies had contracts, but GC Strategies didn't use its contracts for our pilot. It brought in different firms by the names of Dalian and Coradix. Those firms had a contract with the CBSA that was used for ArriveCAN.
Liberal
Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
Your point of contact is GC Strategies. That's who's paying you.
Chief Technology and Security Officer, Botler
No. The CBSA should pay us, because the work was—
Liberal
Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
You don't have a contract. It didn't contract you. It was GC Strategies that provided you the opportunity.
Chief Technology and Security Officer, Botler
No. It was the CBSA, because the work was for the CBSA—
Liberal
October 26th, 2023 / 4:30 p.m.
Chief Technology and Security Officer, Botler
I'm sorry.
The CBSA basically sent Mr. Firth and the contracting authority of the CBSA, Mr. Cameron MacDonald, who specifically stated that you have to work with GC Strategies if you want to work with the CBSA. He was the contracting authority.
Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
This was for the pilot, not ArriveCAN. This was the pilot scenario.