Government has spent $4.3-million on apps since Liberals assumed office in November 2015

Canadian Taxpayers Federation raises alarm about government spending on unpopular apps. 'Sometimes the government is just spitballing and hoping for the best,' says CTF federal director Aaron Wurdick.

The Veterans Matters app, developed by Veterans Affairs, cost nearly $176,000 to produce, but was only downloaded 1,574 times, working out to $112 per download, according to figures released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.Screengrab photograph

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

January 9, 2017

A watchdog group is urging the federal government to rethink its approach to mobile and web applications after finding that several internal digital products failed to attract large audiences, despite sizeable production costs. ...

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