Key Figure in ArriveCan Scandal Says Emails Were Deleted by Mistake

A key figure at the centre of the ArriveCan controversy claimed that the deletion of emails was an accident due to a corruption of files on his computer, an explanation that Conservative MPs on the Public Accounts Committee expressed disbelief in. “I needed to change my laptop because the battery on my current one was failing. When transferring files from my old computer to my new one, [they got] corrupted and emails were lost,” former Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employee Minh Doan testified on June 5. Mr. Doan was the vice-president and chief information officer of the CBSA when the agency launched ArriveCAN in 2020. The application, which was used to track the COVID-19 vaccination status of travellers entering Canada, ended up costing an estimated $59.5 million to develop....