ArriveCan app provided ‘value for money,’ just not the ‘best value,’ CBSA official tells MPs

The maintenance of the existing ArriveCan application costs just under $3-million annually.

Jonathan Moor, vice-president of Canada Border Services Agency's comptrollership branch speaking at the Government Operations and Estimates on Mar. 26, 2024.Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

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BY IREM KOCA

March 27, 2024

A Canada Border Services Agency official told MPs the agency "overused" contractors in the emergency procurement of the ArriveCan application, and while the app provided some value for money, it did not provide the "best value for taxpayers."

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