Tories Seek New Auditor General Probe Into Company Behind ArriveCan

Conservative MPs say they will ask the auditor general to launch a probe into the company that was contracted to develop the ArriveCan app, after media reported it received $258 million in government contracts over the past decade. “It’s beyond reason that a two-person company operating out of a suburban basement could be doing $250 million in business with the federal government,” Tory MP Michael Barrett told reporters on Feb. 14. La Presse had reported earlier that day that GC Strategies has scored 140 contracts worth nearly $258 million since 2015. It also says 46 of those contracts were awarded without competition. The company is run out of a residence outside Ottawa and reportedly has only two to four employees....