As Questions on 1,700 Deleted ArriveCan Emails Linger, Official Says It’s ‘Surprisingly Easy’ for Employees to Destroy Emails

A top Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) official told MPs that it’s “surprisingly easy” for employees at the federal agency to permanently delete emails, while responding to a question about ArriveCan emails that were allegedly destroyed by his predecessor. CBSA Vice-President and Chief Information Officer Darryl Vleeming made the comments while appearing before the Commons public accounts committee meeting on April 3 to answer questions on ArriveCan. Conservative MP John Nater had asked Mr. Vleeming “how easy is it to permanently delete all your emails without a trace?” in reference to allegations that former Chief Technology Officer Minh Doan deleted around 1,700 emails related to the ArriveCan app....