‘I made an error in judgment,’ CBSA official says of dining with ArriveCan contractors

'People that admit openly that they've breached the basic code of conduct as civil servants are now being promoted,' said Bloc Québécois MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné following the testimony.

Chulaka Ailapperuma, an acting director at the CBSA, testified before the House Public Accounts Committee on May 14.Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

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BY IREM KOCA

May 14, 2024

A Canada Border Services Agency official involved in the technical development of the nearly $60-million ArriveCan application admitted to an "error in judgement" when attending a dinner with the contractors at the centre of procurement misconduct investigations.

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