Company at Centre of ArriveCan Controversy Got $107 Million in Government Contracts

Published on March 7, 2024

The company at the centre of the ArriveCan controversy has received $107 million from federal government contracts since 2011. Roch Huppé, comptroller general of Canada, said GC Strategies and its predecessor Coredal received over 100 federal government contracts during that time. “I can confirm that between Jan. 1, 2011, and Feb. 16, 2024, departments reported that there have been 118 contracts with that supplier, totalling $107.7 million,” Mr. Huppé told the House public accounts committee on March 6. Mr. Huppé added that releasing the updated information is part of a larger effort to make sure Canadians are getting accurate information from the federal government’s procurement database. “Providing accurate and open information about our contracts is essential to safeguarding the trust that Canadians put in their institutions,” Mr. Huppé told the committee....

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