76% of ArriveCan Contractors Did No Work on the App, Procurement Ombudsman Finds

A smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app is seen in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Giordano Ciampini

Over 75 percent of contractors hired to work on the ArriveCan application did not do any work on it, according to the procurement watchdog’s review of the file.

“In roughly 76% of applicable contracts, resources proposed in the winning bid did not perform any work on the contract,” said a report by Procurement Ombudsman Alexander Jeglic released on Jan. 29.