CBSA President Says He Was Unaware of Initial ArriveCAN Misconduct Allegations

John Ossowski says the matter was not brought to his attention during his tenure as former president of CBSA.

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

The former president of the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) says he was not informed about allegations against the developers of COVID-19 vaccination travel app ArriveCAN.

Former CBSA president John Ossowski was one of the senior officials who appeared before the House of Commons government operations committee Oct. 24 to testify about allegations raised by Montreal software firm Botler AI.