Customs Union Says New ‘Rushed’ Border Services System Following Same ‘Pattern’ as ArriveCan

A customs union says that a Canada Border Services Agency plan to digitize $32 billion in yearly tariff collections could end up becoming a costly mistake it likened to the ArriveCan application. “We have general concerns regarding the decision to implement it in the first place,” the Customs and Immigration Union wrote to the House of Commons Trade Committee, as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. “It seems to follow the same pattern established by previous projects, notably ArriveCan, where a rushed system is deployed as a solution to a non-existent problem.” The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)’s Assessment and Revenue Management System (CARM) has been planned since 2016, according to Blacklock’s. While the project was originally budgeted at $370 million, it has cost $526 million to date, according to agency estimates....