Government Operations committee  Thank you, Chair. I'm so grateful that we have here today the watchdog responsible for government contracting. Thank you for producing an excellent report on the ArriveCAN scandal. I'm a father of five children, and I've changed a lot of diapers over the years. None of them

Government Operations committee   system. Are these systemic issues that run throughout federal government procurement, or are these issues that you've highlighted today specific to the ArriveCAN procurement?

Government Operations committee  They're systemic for ArriveCAN. As I answered previously, I can't say they're systemic because we haven't done the review. For example, with reference to bait and switch, we've not looked at bait and switch across all government departments for me to answer

Government Operations committee  It's common enough that it has a catchy name. What I'm asking is.... Bait and switch can't be specific to ArriveCAN. This is something more systemic throughout procurement.

Government Operations committee   for the ArriveCAN app than it otherwise could have?

Government Operations committee   used as clickbait to get contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars. Does that happen a lot with procurement contracts, or was it unique to the ArriveCAN situation?

Government Operations committee   in ArriveCAN but in public procurement in general.

Government Operations committee  , the committee is meeting on the study of the ArriveCan application. I remind you, please, to not put your earpieces next to the microphones as this causes feedback and potential injury. It's 5:40 p.m. I think we have the full two hours of resources, so we're going to get going. Welcome

Public Accounts committee   of the Liberal bench who had the floor moved to adjourn. I believe it was Ms. Khalid who moved to adjourn. They had the votes to adjourn the meeting, thereby wasting the ability of the Auditor General to shed light on the full parameters of this ArriveCAN audit. Now, over the course

Public Accounts committee  Our audit is relating specifically to ArriveCAN. My understanding is that the study by other committees might be broader than just ArriveCAN. I'm aware that the committees have requested information and that some of that is outstanding, but it's not for me to comment

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   Canada and Finance Canada. What do they all have in common? It is the $54-million ArriveCAN app. The member sat with me on committee yesterday and voted against a common-sense motion to cut red tape, so he is upside down. He obviously wrote his speech two days ago. Could he clarify

Public Accounts committee  Sure. I'll address that now. You're pre-empting my conclusion. In mid-January, the Office of the Auditor General sent a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons indicating that the Auditor General would be tabling the ArriveCAN audit on Monday, February 12

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for inviting me to appear before the committee as part of its study on ArriveCAN. I would like to acknowledge that this meeting is taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As members of the committee are aware

Finance  Mr. Speaker, this government has been spending recklessly for the past eight years. The ArriveCAN app cost $54 million. The billion-dollar green fund is turning out just like the sponsorship scandal, the Canada Infrastructure Bank and any number of other unnecessary expenditures

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal-NDP government, Liberal insiders have never had it so good, and Canadians are paying a high price. Yesterday's ombudsman report on ArriveCAN reveals that procurement policies were ignored over and over again. Companies were given