Auditor General ‘Disappointed’ to Learn About RCMP ArriveCan Investigation From Media

Auditor General of Canada Karen Hogan participates in a news conference, in Ottawa, on March 27, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

With Auditor General Karen Hogan currently examining federal ArriveCan contracts, she said she was “disappointed” to learn through the media that the RCMP has launched an investigation into the matter.

Ms. Hogan told a special meeting of the House of Commons public accounts committee on Oct. 12 that despite her staff auditing the departments, “management had not informed me that they had referred a contracting matter, which involved many common players that we are looking at, to the to the RCMP.”