RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme and Deputy Commissioner Mark Flynn provided the new details during an appearance before the House of Commons committee on public accounts, which is holding hearings into Auditor-General Karen Hogan’s February
report on contracting issues related to the ArriveCan app.
Deputy Commissioner Flynn later said the investigations include one that had already been disclosed focusing on ArriveCan, a pandemic-era app for international travellers that cost taxpayers an estimated $59.5-million, and others related to federal government contracting.
After he said there were “many” investigations, Conservative MP Larry Brock asked him whether the number was more than six. The Deputy Commissioner agreed but said he could not be more precise.
Issues related to ArriveCan have spurred months of committee hearings and numerous investigations by various watchdog agencies – and opened up a window into the billions of dollars the federal government spends each year on outsourcing.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in March that “significant changes” to federal procurement are needed. His ministers have been releasing policy changes to the way public servants award government contracts….now….that it’s become a “publicly known” issue.
Meanwhile…”
The current Trudeau/Liberals are blaming the previous government who were the Trudeau/Liberals (?)….who in turn are blaming the previous government who where the Trudeau/Liberals (?)….who will inevitably try to blame the previous government who would be 4 gov’t back and weren’t doing this shit so…look over there!!”
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis expressed frustration Tuesday that the RCMP could not list all of the current investigations.
“I’m just asking how many police investigations are there into government corruption? There would have been a time when it would probably have been easy to say there are none. But we’re living in this different reality with the current government. So like, how many investigations are currently ongoing involving government corruption?” he asked.
Deputy Commissioner Mark Flynn says probes include one that had already been disclosed focusing on ArriveCan app
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