Conservative motion calls for GCStrategies partners to testify, with the possibility of having them arrested by the Sergeant at Arms if they refuse
Internal investigators at the federal procurement department are reviewing contracting concerns related to ArriveCan and officials told MPs Wednesday they are prepared to seek repayment from private contractors if they’ve overbilled.
Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk said he takes health matters very seriously and expressed concern with the “nuclear” option attached to the summons request.However, all parties ultimately supported the motion after it was amended to include various conditions, including pledges of offering GCStrategies unspecified accessibility accommodations.
Public Works is ultimately in charge of federal contracting but often shares that responsibility with what it calls “client” departments. That was the case with ArriveCan, which was led by theThe CBSA has said it is conducting an internal investigation into contracting misconduct allegations that were not directly focused on ArriveCan but involved contractors and public servants who did work on the app, including GCStrategies.
Cameron MacDonald, who is now an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada, and Antonio Utano, a director-general at the Canada Revenue Agency, havethe Federal Court to shut down the agency’s internal probe. They say the process is unfair and biased. Last week’s Auditor-General’s report said key information related to ArriveCan was often missing, including descriptions of how contracting decisions were reached.
Her office has launched an investigation into the agency’s handling of access to information requests to find the root cause of the complaints and is planning to table a report in May.that former agency vice-president Minh Doan is the subject of an internal complaint alleging that he took unusual actions that led to the destruction of e-mails.
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