Feds Want to Recoup Funds From ArriveCan Contractor: Minister Anand

Published on April 18, 2024

Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the federal government intends to recoup funds from GC Strategies, a company at the centre of the ArriveCan scandal. “There’s an ongoing RCMP investigation, and we intend to recoup all funds … once that investigation is concluded,” Ms. Anand said at the Public Accounts Committee on April 18. “The departments are recording receivables in their accounts, and that may include overpayments and erroneous payments,” she added. “We will always safeguard taxpayer dollars, that’s what we do at the Treasury Board of Canada.” Speaking during Question Period earlier in the day, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the government would recover the money. “Of course, the government will always seek to recover taxpayers money’ that was spent inappropriately,” he said....

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