Former Border Chief Testifies Over ArriveCan, Rejects Lying Accusation

Published on May 16, 2024

The former president of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) denied that he lied about meeting with a subcontractor at the centre of the ArriveCan scandal, saying he had simply failed to remember the meeting. “I will begin by taking issue with repeated references to me having lied, fibbed, or been demonstrably dishonest,” former CBSA President John Ossowski said in his opening statement to the Public Accounts Committee on May 16. “I corrected my testimony last October and I apologized for not remembering all those who attended a Teams meeting from three years ago. Not remembering is not lying,” said Mr. Ossowski, who headed the CBSA during the creation of the ArriveCan app....

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