Opposition MPs joined forces on Wednesday to pass a motion calling for an audit into the federal government’s border application ArriveCan.
CTV News reports that the motion, which passed 174 to 149, with the backing of Conservative, Bloc Quebecois, and NDP MPs, calls on the Auditor General of Canada to “conduct a performance audit, including the payments, contracts and sub-contracts for all aspects of the ArriveCan app, and to prioritize this investigation.”
Federal politicians have been in a tizzy since news leaked out that Ottawa had spent $54 million on the app, which required Canadians and visitors to report their health status and potential quarantine information prior to arriving in Canada. That figure was more than double the estimated price.
Critics repeatedly lambasted the program as full of bugs and, in some cases, as an invasion of privacy. Exactly where the money went also has been unclear.
“When $54 million goes out the door and government officials can’t get their story straight about where it went, the least we can do is have an audit,” federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday
